Select the piece of evidence from "Shadow of the Pines" that best supports the answer to part A.

How did the different childhood homes of doris lessing could have impacted her storytelling?

Match the bolded words in the excerpts to their contextual meanings. unoriginal well-groomed numerous he was a gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored and imperially slim. (from "richard cory" by edwin arlington robinson) this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties. (from "we wear the mask" by paul lawrence dunbar) . .if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful. when they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand. . (from "poetry" by marianne moore)

Which option best explains the purpose of the speech “equal rights for women”? `it conveys the issues with and arguments for gender equality. `it expresses opinions about the government’s actions regarding gender equality. `it explains how women will never be equal to men. `it describes all the main proposals of the equal rights amendment.