QUESTION 1. In "Old Ironsides," Oliver Wendell Holmes writes in a style that is .

A. similar to the style used by many European poets

B. complex and nearly impossible to understand

C. distinctive and unique to American literature

D. full of experimental techniques and language

QUESTION 2.
Read this excerpt from the first stanza of "Old Ironsides":

Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon's roar;—
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.

What do the images of war in this excerpt suggest to readers?

A. the immorality of war

B. the chaos and danger of war

C. the natural beauty of war

D. the technical challenges of war

Which example from lorraine hansberry's a raisin in the sun demonstrates the idea of self-determination?

Which example shows the correct way to cite a website on an mla works cited page?

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.