Select the correct answer.Which detail best develops the theme that it is a joy to connect with other people? A. "When I learned that the moths die so soon, I saved them especially, because there seemed no wickedness in it." "I have thought the same thing," said the Bird Woman encouragingly. (paragraphs 9–10) B. "He said for me to stick to the swamp and be brave, and my hour would come, and it has! I know most of them are all right, and oh, I do need the money!" (paragraph 25) C. "At a bare table of oak, yellow as gold, sat a woman Elnora often had watched and followed covertly around the Limberlost. The Bird Woman was holding out a hand of welcome." (paragraph 5) D. "You come here at four," said the Bird Woman, "and we will drive out with some specimen boxes, and a price list, and see what you have to sell." (paragraph 24)

Select the correct answer.Which detail best develops the idea that having time in solitude will result in happiness? A. "The sky was full of stars, and the garden of scents, and the borders of wallflowers and sweet, sly pansies." (paragraph 3) B. "I shall watch the things that happen in my garden, and see where I have made mistakes." (paragraph 1) C. "I had some visitors here a fortnight ago who left after staying about a week and clearly not enjoying themselves."(paragraph 25) D. "Wouldn't it be perfect to get up every morning for weeks and feel that you belong to yourself and to nobody else?" (paragraph 11)

Read the passage from Gogol's "The Nose."But nothing lasts long in this world. Even joy grows less lively the next moment. And a moment later, again, it weakens further. And at last it reemerges insensibly with the normal mood, even as the ripple from a pebble's impact becomes reemerged with the smooth surface of the water at large.Which theme is best supported by this passage?A.People can spread joy to others like ripples across a pond.B.People do not remain satisfied with what they have.C.People are generally satisfied with their lives.D.People become weakened when they lose their joy.

Which passage from the Article best supports the idea that close encounters with nature increase creativity?A.One study…found that most participants' mood and well-being improved significantly when they spent time in urban parks.B.Participants were measurably happier and healthier throughout the challenge…and for months afterwards, too.C.Research shows that spending time in nature makes people feel good, whether they're roughing it in a remote, pristine wilderness…or just hanging out at a local park for a while.D.A study by a researcher…found that people were better at finding imaginative solutions to puzzles after a four-day backpacking trek.SUBMITExtras

Which of the following poetic lines is the BEST example of mood?And the mystic wind went by Murmuring in melodyA free bird leaps on the back of the wind…Here, I think, is the heart's grief: The tree, no mightier than the leaf.There is no rustling in the lofty elm, That canopies my dwelling

Question 22 of 24Read the following excerpt from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf:[A]ny woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended her days in some lonely cottage outside the village, half witch, half wizard, feared and mocked at. For it needs little skill in psychology to be sure that a happily gifted girl who had tried to use her gift for poetry would have been so thwarted and hindered by other people.Which statement best states the idea that this excerpt helps to develop?A.Emotions have prevented women from success.B.Historians have glossed over women's achievements.C.Men have conspired to keep women powerless.D.Society has held women back from greatness.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS