Read the passage.

many hundred large volumes have been published upon this controversy; but the books of the big-endians have been long forbidden, and the whole party rendered incapable by law of holding employments. …

what is the main idea of this paragraph from gulliver’s travels by jonathan swift?

a. incapable by law of getting jobs in lilliput, big-endians are forced to make a living by writing many books regarding the controversy.

b. the books about the controversy written by the big-endians are banned in lilliput, who themselves have since been banned from holding office.

c. despite the many books written to settle the controversy, big-endians forbid that they be read, making it difficult for them to become educated.

d. regardless of the banning of books written by big-endians, so many still exist that it is difficult for writers to get jobs.

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following is true about the above excerpt? ethos is used in reference to “dangers and ghosts.” logos is used in saying all men forget and want to forget, because the talmud also praised forgetting. ethos is used in referring to the ancients, the talmud, and god. pathos is used without loaded language.

Questions 1–2: identify the dependent clause and circle the independent clause. 1. since carmen was so hungry, she stopped at the deli and bought a sandwich. 2. the train was running late as usual, so kristen decided to call a taxi.

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