What symbolizes/means "I need comfort" or "I need someone to talk to"

Which statement about landscaping by thomas cole, vincent van gogh, shen zhou, and ansel adams are true? choose all answers that are correct. a. adams manipulated values in his photographs to capture how he felt about a landscape. b. cole made realistic landscapes that lack symbolic or moralistic meaning. c. shen used expressive brushstrokes to build up objects and used washes to fill larger areas. d. van gogh used intense color, bold brushwork, and distorted forms to express his emotions.

2.the bottom number of a time signature tells a. what kind of note equals one beat. b. how many beats are in the measure. c. how many measures are in the song. d. the tempo of the song 3. in the time signature 24, the is equal to one beat. a. half noted b. quarter note c. eighth note d. dotted half note 4. in compound meters, the beat is evenly divided . a. three b. five c. four d. two 5. in cut time a(n) equal to one beat. a. quarter note b. eighth note c. dotted quarter note d. half note 6. which of the following is not a dynamic marking? a. mezzo forte b. diminuendo c. alla breve d. pianissimo 7. are rhythmically equivalent to a half note. a. quarter b. whole c. sixteenth d. eighth 8. are rhythmically equivalent to a dotted quarter note. a. sixteenth b. quarter c. half d. eighth 9. to the degree of complexity of one or more musical parts that occur simultaneously. a. meter b. texture c. improvisation d. dynamics 10. which of the following pairs are not synonyms? a. alla breve, cut time b. meter, time signature c. note, pitch d. crescendo diminuendo

1. according to bertrand, what is the purpose of relaying the story of samson at the beginning of the chapter? in other words, what does it have to do with the subject matter?