What information do the stage directions provide? check
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read this excerpt from a doll's house by henrik ibsen
nora hide the christmas tree carefully helen be sure
the children do not see it until this evening, when it is
dressed to the porter, taking out her purse. how
much?
porter surpence
the title of the person being addressed
historical detail about the time period
characters' actions and behaviors
characters' specific words
characters gestures
nora. there is a shilling no, keep the change [the
porter her, and goes out. nora shuts the door
she is laughing to herself as she takes off her hat and
coat she takes a packet of macaroons from her pocket
and eats one or two, then goes cautiously to her
husband's door and listens] yes, he is in [still humming,
she goes to the table on the right
helmer (calls out from his room is that my little lark
twittering out there?
nora (busy opening some of the parcels) yes, it is!
marktha and cofum
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Read the sentence from a student’s essay about “the treasure of lemon brown.” greg sees his father differently after he speaks with lemon brown. what revision should the student make to clarify the main idea of this sentence? replace “sees his father differently” with “appreciates his father.” add the phrase “at the end of the story” after the word “differently.” change the wording of “speaks with” to “has a conversation with.” remove “after he speaks with lemon brown” from the sentence.

Select the correct answer. what opinion about russian society does leo tolstoy express in this excerpt from the death of ivan ilyich? the awful, terrible act of his dying was, he could see, reduced by those about him to the level of a casual, unpleasant, and almost indecorous incident (as if someone entered a drawing room defusing an unpleasant odour) and this was done by that very decorum which he had served all his life long. he saw that no one felt for him, because no one even wished to grasp his position. only gerasim recognized it and pitied him. and so ivan ilyich felt at ease only with him. he felt comforted when gerasim supported his legs (sometimes all night long) and refused to go to bed, saying: "don't you worry, ivan ilyich. i'll get sleep enough later on," or when he suddenly became familiar and exclaimed: "if you weren't sick it would be another matter, but as it is, why should i grudge a little trouble? " gerasim alone did not lie; everything showed that he alone understood the facts of the case and did not consider it necessary to disguise them, but simply felt sorry for his emaciated and enfeebled master. once when ivan ilyich was sending him away he even said straight out: "we shall all of us die, so why should i grudge a little trouble? "—expressing the fact that he did not think his work burdensome, because he was doing it for a dying man and hoped someone would do the same for him when his time came. a. the peasant class in nineteenth-century russia was full of honest and compassionate people. b. educated professionals gained influence in russian society in the nineteenth century. c. in the nineteenth century, middle-class russians were rich and well-educated. d. peasants more readily accepted unpleasant facts of life, while the middle class tried to deny them.