Read the following passage:
people assumed that grandmother didn't know english, but
she could understand and speak it well. she was just
proud. i tried to convince her that no one cared about her
accent, but she disagreed. i told her this wasn't like back
home, where she would be looked down upon for any little
grammatical error. but she didn't believe me. she had lived
too long in a country where one's speech reflected his or
her status.
which best explains how this passage presents a cultural conflict?
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a. it highlights the many difficulties a person encounters when
adapting to a new culture.
b. it shows how younger generations are less formal and respectful
than older ones.
c. it illustrates two different attitudes toward language and a
person's image.
d. it reveals that the grandmother's pride leads to disagreements
with the narrator.

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Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.