Read the passage from a doll’s house. nora: and when she heard you had been appointed manager of the bank—the news was telegraphed, you know—she travelled here as quick as she could. torvald, i am sure you will be able to do something for christine, for my sake, won't you? helmer: well, it is not altogether impossible. i presume you are a widow, mrs. linde? mrs. linde: yes. helmer: and have had some experience of book-keeping? mrs. linde: yes, a fair amount. helmer: ah! well, it's very likely i may be able to find something for you— nora: [clapping her hands] what did i tell you? what did i tell you? helmer: you have just come at a fortunate moment, mrs. linde. mrs. linde: how am i to you? helmer: there is no need. [puts on his coat.] but today you must excuse me— rank: wait a minute; i will come with you. [brings his fur coat from the hall and warms it at the fire.] which element in this passage tells the reader who the characters are?

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.