Question 9(multiple choice worth 4 points) (lc)read this sentence from abraham lincoln’s second inaugural address: fondly do we hope – fervently do we pray – that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. what does the word scourge mean as used in this sentence? a)affliction b) instrument c) lash d) whip

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

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

How do "the jilting of granny weatherall" and "the love somg of j alfred prufrock" differ?