How does h. t. johnson use sarcasm in his poem "the black man's burden"?
a. he says that the natives "tolerate" the imperialist armies' rifles, when those rifles are actually killing the natives.
b. he scorns the concept of labeling people by their skin color by labeling people "red" and "brown."
c. he ridicules britain's soft-hearted dealings with the natives, who have shown only hard-hearted aggression towards civilization.
d. he says that the british have solved the "black man's" problems but have created their own "white man" problems.

The latin phrase de gustibus non est disputandum means which of the following? a. “disputes aren’t easily settled.” b. “the great aren’t guilty.” c. “guilt isn’t the issue.” d. “there’s no disputing about tastes.”

Explain how advancements in technology have affected the diversity of our news, how we receive it, and how it is portrayed by the media.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile