(1) The concerns about sending people to Mars is definitely worth considering. (2) For one thing, the mission will cost billions of dollars. (3) This would be a huge additional cost at a time when national debts continue to skyrocket. (4) Also, that money could help fix problems here on Earth. Which sentence needs revision to fix a grammar error?

Sentence 1 should be revised to change “is” to “are.”
Sentence 2 should be revised to change “will cost” to “costs.”
Sentence 3 should be revised to change “continue” to “continued.”
Sentence 4 should be revised to change “could help” to “helps.”

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile