Based on the context of each sentence, choose the word that most closely matches the denotation of the bolded words. 1) great oracle, why are you staring at me, do i baffle you, do i make you despair? (from “to the oracle at delphi by lawrence ferlinghetti) 2) i, americus, the american, wrought from the dark in my mother long ago, (from “to the oracle at delphi by lawrence ferlinghetti) 3) i am kneaded by a million black fingers & nothing about me/improves. (from “unanimity has been achieved, not a dot less for its accidentalness” -produced; shaped -knead, work -perplex; confuse

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion

Write a review of the first part of american born chinese that explains your opinion on the effectiveness of two different plot elements

What does breathless mean in the following sentence? after elizabeth won the race, she was breathless with excitement. a.was about to faint b.was not able to breathe c.was at the finish line d.was not excited