Match the character from "the importance of being earnest" to his or her quote.
a. miss prism
b. jack
c. algernon
d. gwendolen
e. cecily
f. lady bracknell
1. "from the moment i saw you i distrusted you. i felt that you were false and deceitful. i am never deceived in such matters. my first impressions of people are invariably right."
2. "how you can sit there. calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, i can't make out. you seem to me to be perfectly heartless."
3. "i don't quite like women who are interested in philanthropic work. i think it is so forward of them."
4. " i hate people who are not serious about meals. it is so shallow of them"
5. " to speak frankly, i am no in favour of long engagements. they gibe people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which i think is never advisable."
6. "you should get married. a misanthrope i can understand, never! "

Reread this portion of the excerpted text from common sense. men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, come, we shall be friends again for all this. but examine the passions and feelings of mankind. bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honor, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land? if you cannot do all these, then are you only deceiving yourselves, and by your delay bringing ruin upon posterity. your future connection with britain, whom you can neither love nor honor, will be forced and unnatural, and being formed only on the plan of present convenience, will in a little time fall into a relapse more wretched than the first. what key concept about the relationship between an abusive government and its citizens does paine want readers to understand? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be one to two complete paragraphs.

What effect do the stanzas have on the meaning of this poem? a) each stanza asks the same question in different words. b) the stanzas do not work together to create meaning in the poem. c) each stanza presents a different aspect of the creation of the tiger. d) each stanza presents questions that are answered in the last stanza.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful