[when a new lord joins the council, he must offer a pledge of four strings of shells. the speaker of the council will then welcome the new lord. the lords on the other side of the council fire will receive the pledge. then they will speak these words to the new lord.]

according to the iroquois constitution, what must a candidate for lord offer as a sign of his commitment when he presents himself before the council?

a string of shells

an eagle feather

a spreading branch

a long leaf

The correct answer is A. A string of shells

Explanation:

The Iroquois constitution is a document that defined the way government worked for the Iroquois who is one of the most important confederacies of Native American tribes composed of five different tribes. As in other constitutions in this document, the Iroquois defined the way their territories and people should be governed including the election of a certain leader. In the excerpt presented, the requirements for being joining the council as a new lord are described, the first requirement is "he must offer a pledge of four strings of shells", in this context the word "pledge" means a solemn promise of doing something, which means the string of shells is a symbol of the new lord to be committed with the council and probably accomplish his duties as a lord. Thus, the object or sign of a candidate for lord he needs to offer when joining the Council is A. A string of shells as this is the object mention and link to the word "pledge" which means promise and none of the other objects are mentioned.

d

explanation:

the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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