Which summarized story is most likely a myth? a. a father grows sad every year when his daughter is forced to return to the underworld with her husband. as a result of the father's sadness, crops do not grow. b. a boy lies and tells the village that his flock is being attacked by wolves. when his flock is actually attacked, no one believes him. c. two sisters named faith and hope wander from town to town, greatly changing the lives of the people they meet. d. a young thief begins to understand the difference between right and wrong when he tries to rob a single mother on new year's eve.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Read the following sentence from excerpt of the narrative of the live of frederick douglass and define the bolded word: "why master was so careful of her, may be safely let to conjecture." question 10 options: a) prayer or hope b) guesswork or speculation c) relief or ease d) disapproval or disappointment

What lines in this expert from act v of shakespeare’s romeo and juliet create dramatic irony