Read the passage from hamlet, act ii, scene ii.

gertrude: , guildenstern and gentle rosencrantz;
and i beseech you instantly to visit
my too much changed son. go, some of you,
and bring these gentlemen where hamlet is.

what does this passage indicate about gertrude?

a. in this speech, gertrude shows that she is more interested in flirting with guildenstern and rosencrantz than in hamlet.

b. the way that gertrude orders people around in this speech shows that she is primarily interested in flexing her power.

c. gertrude’s dialogue shows her sense of urgency and desperation, proving that she is truly worried about hamlet.

d. with this dialogue, gertrude shows that she is reluctant to trust guildenstern and rosencrantz but feels she has no other choice.

Arrange the events in chinese history in chronological order using the numbers 1-4. the ming dynasty falls to the qing. china experiences a 400-year period of peace known as the pax sinica during the han dynasty. a golden age of expansion and culture occurs during the tang dynasty. nationalists and communists fight a civil war for control of china.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors’ purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

Determining sentence type match each sentence with its type. i looked over my shoulder, because ! had an eerie feeling simple the child ran to greet the dog, and the teddy bear fell to the ground. compound-complex the leaf broke loose from the gnarled branch complex while the moon was full, the wolves howled and the dogs slept. compound