Horatio Alger, Jr. Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899) was the author of more than 100 books for boys in the
second half of the nineteenth century that focused on the theme of success coming to
those who work hard to achieve it
. The son of a minister, Alger came from a prominent
Massachusetts family. He graduated with honors from Harvard in 1852 and graduated from
the Cambridge Divinity School eight years later. He served as a minister for a short time before
moving to New York City in 1866 to devote his time to writing inspirational books for boys.
In many of his books, he wrote about the poor and homeless children of the slums
of New York City, seeing them as unfortunate pawns of society who, if only given the
opportunity
, could improve their lot. A general plotline that he followed often was of a poor
boy who managed to achieve a respectable and successful life by working hard and taking
advantage of opportunities presented. Though his writing style was characterized by simplicity
and repetition, it was well received by his target audience; his books were enormously
popular
, selling millions of copies well into the first few decades of the twentieth century.
14. The word "that" in paragraph 1 refers to
A author
B books
C boys
D half
17. The word "who" in paragraph 2 refers to
A slums
B society
C pawns
D opportunity
15. The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to
A the second half
B the nineteenth century
C 100
D success
18. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to
A style
B simplicity
C repetition
D audience
16. The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to
A books
B children
O slums
D pawns

14. B. Books

17. C. Pawns

15. D. Success

18. A. Style

16. B. Children

Explanation:

The task in the given question is to find the antecedents of certain pronouns. Pronouns are words we use instead of nouns and noun phrases. The noun or noun phrase instead of which we use a certain pronoun is called the pronoun's antecedent. For example:

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multiple settings

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novels have multiple settings. a setting is a place or surrounding when a main event or event takes place. not everything happens in just one scene or setting. yes, there can be one *main* setting, but there is definitely not just one. b is incorrect. novels do not have limited characters. there are many characters in a novel, depending on how many the writer wishes to add in. c is incorrect. there is not just a single theme. there are many themes. another word for "theme" is the subject. there can be many subjects and topics. once again, there are many, depending on however many the author wishes to add or include. d is incorrect. yes, novels *can* have no solutions, based on what the author would like. but typically, novels have a solution. the solution might be in "book 5", but there is normally still a solution.

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awnser:

the thousand and one nights – or, as i prefer to call them in the following forpurely practical reasons: the arabian nights – as we perceive them three hundredyears after antoine galland’s epochal french adaptation bear a distinct arabicimprint. meanwhile, the commonly accepted model for their textual historyacknowledges various stages in the conceptualization and effective formation ofboth the collection’s characteristic frame story and the embedded repertoire. thevast majority of tales in the preserved manuscripts of the nights has beenintegrated into the collection during two periods of arabic influence, the so-calledbaghdad and cairo periods (gerhardt 1963: 115–374). these “arabic” stages arepreceded by an iranian version, probably dating to pre-islamic times, which in itsturn profits from both structural devices and narrative contents originating fromindian tradition. considering the eminent position that iran and iranian culturehold in the early stages of the textual history of the arabian nights, surprisinglyfew details are known concerning the collection’s relation to and its actualposition within the iranian cultural context. in the following, i will discuss linksbetween the arabian nights and iranian culture on several levels. in surveyingthese links, i will treat five major areas: (1) the iranian prototype of the nights; (2) tales of alleged persian origin; (3) persian characters within the tales; (4)persian translations of the arabian nights; and (5) the position of the arabiannights in modern iran