Read this excerpt from the american spirit in literature, by bliss perry. this sense of the transiency of human effort, the perishable nature of human institutions, was quick in the consciousness of the gentleman adventurers and sober puritan citizens who emigrated from england to the new world. based on your knowledge of morphemes and on its use in this context, the word "transient" most likely means which of these?
a. wasteful
b. difficult
c. fleeting
d. serious

What type of external conflict occurs in the excerpt from “stephen crane’s own story”? it was now that the first mate showed a sign of losing his grip. to us who were trying in all stages of competence and experience to launch the lifeboat he raged in all terms of fiery satire and hammerlike abuse. but the boat moved at last and swung down toward the water. a. person versus person b. person versus nature c. person versus society d. person versus self i think its either b or d.