Part A: How does the description of Akakiy throughout paragraph 2 add to the development of Akakiys character?

A. It reveals his concerns beyond the workplace but shows he has no opportunity to deal with these concerns.
B. It reveals his physical troubles and shows how these troubles have impacted his ability to do work.
C. It reveals his potential for advancement as a worker but shows he has no desire for advancement.
D. It reveals his true feelings about his work and shows why he does not feel comfortable expressing these feelings.

Part B: Which pair of quotations from paragraphs 2 and 3 best support the answer to Part A?

A. “It would be difficult to find another man who lived so entirely for his duties.”/“This caused him so much toil, that he broke into a perspiration, rubbed his forehead, and finally said, ‘No, give me rather something to copy.”
B. “it seemed as though each letter might be read in his face, as his pen traced it.”/“One director being a kindly man, and desirous of rewarding him for his long service, ordered him to be given something more important than mere copying.”
C. “If his pay had been in proportion to his zeal, he would, perhaps, to his great surprise, have been made even a councillor of state.”/“It is impossible to say that no attention was paid to him.”
D. “It is not enough to say that Akakiy labored with zeal”/“After that they let him copy in forever.”

{asap} select the correct text in the passage. which line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather, and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. lines highlighted: - there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, - they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather - i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, - i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing.

Read this excerpt from mohandas gandhi's "banaras hindu university speech." what is the speaker's purpose a. to persuade his audience to struggle for self-governance through peaceful means b. to urge wealthy indians to act instead of merely talk about poverty c. to inform the audience that the british colonial power is stealing indian resources d. to persuade his audience to renounce materialistic wealth and pursue spiritual wealth

Is directly communicated and requires little interpretation