Passage : Excerpt: The people in the uppermost level of the caste system were known as Brahmins. They were believed to have come from Brahma’s head and held professions of teachers and priests. The second level, rulers and warriors who came from Brahma’s arms, were the Kshatriya. The next level was composed of artisans, farmers, and traders. They were called the Vaisya, and they were from Brahma’s thighs. The lowest caste level, the Shudra, came from Brahma’s feet and included tenant farmers and servants. Another group of people, the untouchables, existed outside of the caste system because they were considered to be unclean. They performed tasks such as cleaning after funerals. Claim: The clearly defined occupations of the different castes created a country of people interdependent upon one another economically and socially.

Does the excerpt from “An Organized Society” sufficiently support the claim with relevant and sufficient evidence and sound reasoning?

Use at least two details from the excerpt to support your answer.

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Which two lines in this excerpt from elizabeth bishops the fish suggests that the speaker respects the fish

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky