Read the sentence. the xylophone, whose name comes from the greek xylon, meaning “wood,” is an instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars that are struck with mallets to produce sounds. what choice shows the best way to simplify the first half of this sentence? a. the xylophone, whose name comes from the greek xylon. meaning “wood,” is a percussion instrument. b. the xylophone, whose name comes from the greek xylon, meaning “wood.” is a percussion instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars. c. the xylophone, whose name comes from the greek xylon. d. the xylophone is a percussion instrument whose name comes from the greek xylon, meaning “wood.”

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

Explain the effect of the rhetorical questins for the below paragraph."i pinched myself: was i still alive? was i awake? how was it possible that men, women, and children were beiing burned and that the world kept silent? no. all this could not be real. a nightmare soon i would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that i waas back in the room of my childhood, with my "

Indicate which statement best summarizes how john proctor feels toward the reverend parris based on his statenents of him in the crucible.