Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of julius caesar. brutus. no, cassius, no: think not, thou noble roman, that ever brutus will go bound to rome. he bears too great a mind. but this same day must end that work the ides of march begun; and whether we shall meet again i know not. therefore our everlasting farewell take. forever and forever farewell, cassius. if we do meet again, why, we shall smile. if not, why then, this parting was well made. how does shakespeare’s use of the word everlasting most affect the meaning of this passage? it shifts the focus to the men’s long friendship. it creates a more positive outlook for the men. it suggests that they will not meet again. it emphasizes the value of saying goodbye

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Choose the matching analogy plague: contagious a: confident: trustworthy b: loyal: companion c: nature: random d gather: congregate

One conclusion that a reader might draw from the excerpt from "there's a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella" is that the man with the umbrella is persistent in his mission. provide two details from the text to support this conclusion.