Read this paragraph from “Joy Harjo Is the First Native American Poet Laureate.” "I don't have a defined project right now, but I want to bring the contribution of poetry of the tribal nations to the forefront and include it in the discussion of poetry," says Harjo. She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is also an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She says that the U. S. is "in need of deep healing."

How does this paragraph contribute to the development of ideas in the passage?

It provides a short biography of Harjo and other poets from Tulsa.

It suggests what Harjo's work as a poet laureate might involve.

It introduces Harjo's connections with the Native American community.

It highlights the problems Harjo sees in modern American culture.

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.