Read the following passage and answer the question.
the strife between odysseus and achilles, peleus' once at the gods' lavish feast the captains clashed in a savage war of words, while agamemnon, lord of armies, rejoiced at heart that achea's bravest men were battling so. for this was the victory sign that apollo prophesied at his shrine in pytho when agamemnon strode across the rock threshold, asking the oracle for advice-the start of the tidal waves of ruin tumbling down on troy's and achea's forces, both at once to the will of zeus who rules the world.
what is the meaning of the word strife as it is used above?
a) conflict
b) accord
c) harmony
d) peace

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.