During hibernation, the ground squirrel may breathe every four minutes, its heart beats four times a minute, and its body temperature drops from a normal temperature of about 99 degrees to just above freezing. What is the purpose of hibernation?

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

Odysseus taunts the cyclops and reveals his name, endangering the lives of his men. what does this evidence from the text reveal about odysseus?

Which statement is true of the antagonist of a character vs. nature conflict? the antagonist is generally more powerful than the protagonist. the antagonist is a person or personified object. the antagonist and the protagonist have the same values. the antagonist is always difficult to fletermine.