What skill is arachne known for in greece?

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

Which statement from "letter to his father" is similar to gregor's inability tocommunicate with his father as a bug in the metamorphosis?

Need answer asap plz! the descriptions of the west wind in the first two sections of “ode to the west wind” are dominated by images of a. violence, death, decay, and burial. c. peace, birth, growth, and blossoming. b. sleep, dreams, fantasy, and reverie. d. translucence, light, color, and radiance.