Select the correct inference of the given passage from "the cask of amontillado." "you are not of the masons." "yes, yes," i said; "yes, yes." "you? impossible! a mason? " "a mason," i replied. "a sign," he said, "a sign." "it is this," i answered, producing from beneath the folds of my roquelaire a trowel. "you jest," he exclaimed, recoiling a few paces. "but let us proceed to the amontillado." "be it so," i said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak and again offering him my arm. a. montresor is not a mason. b. fortunato is not a mason. c. fortunato does not believe that montresor is a mason. d. montresor does not believe that fortunato is a mason.

Grammar: sequence of verp tenses quiz active the is used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

Which one of these lines use him to permitte which one of these lines uses iambic pentameter?