Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

elinor's curiosity to see mrs. ferrar was satisfied.— she had found in her every thing that could tend to make a farther connection between the families undesirable.— she had seen enough of her pride, her meanness, and her determined prejudice against herself, to comprehend all the difficulties that must have perplexed the engagement, and dumb the marriage, of edward and herself, had he been otherwise free; —and she had seen almost enough to be for her own sake, that one greater obstacle preserved her from suffering under any other of mrs. ferrarss creation, preserved her from all dependence upon her caprice, or any solicitude for her good opinion. or at least, if she did not bring herself quite to rejoice in edward's being fettered to lucy, she determined, that had lucy been more amiable, she ought to have rejoiced. (sense and sensibility, chapter 35, p. 24)

which of the following best describes jane austen's tone in this excerpt?

a)restrained and courteous
b)bitter and indignant
c)brooding and contemplative
d)facetious and sarcastic

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.

"first of all, how could they mistake a man for a sasquatch? " which best explains the purpose of this question (from review 2)? a) to illustrate how much the book uses humor b) to show how unbelievable parts of the story are c) to convince the reader that the novel is poorly written d) to highlight the differences between the characters in the novel

Something you may do if the weather's nice on sunday. -something you might not want to do this evening. -something you could go on aaturday evening. -something you could wear to a party. -somebody you might see in the next couple of days. -a subject you could study at college or university. -somewhere you might go on holiday .