What does the excerpt show about the historical context of the story?
Read the excerpt from "As Good as Gold."
When the news hit the Seattle press in July of 1897,
gold fever had spread to everyone, and old timers
stoked the flames with their stories of uncles who had
struck it rich back in the California days of '49. "But
California was dry and warm," Sam muttered as he
readjusted his pack and trudged on through the biting
snow of an Alaskan February. His brother Jake had
insisted that an early start would get them to a claim
just in time for the spring thaw of those golden creeks.
Gold had been discovered previously in Seattle.
Gold had been mined in North America before.
© Gold was far less valuable than oil at this time
Gold was more valuable in Alaska than California
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Which word best describes the white rabbit in the passage?

If this were a fictionalized account, instead of a memoir, which might be the opening sentence? a) i am not your prisoner. b) i find myself in prison. c) you have taken me prisoner. d) black hawk had been taken prisoner.

Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.