brutality
patience
indifference
Answer: A) laziness.
Explanation: The connotation of a word is the meaning given by the context or even by the readers (or listeners) based on their emotions or personal experiences. In the given excerpt we can see that the speaker gives the parlor generals characteristics of lazy people, for example that they only move to eat or to go to sleep. So the correct answer is the corresponding to option A.
B. By showing off the war skills of his soldiers
C. By singing a sorrowful war hymn from his homeland
D. By saying that he will fight Grendel without armor or a shield
Answer: B) An intransitive verb.
Explanation: A transitive verb is one that is used with an object (a noun, phrase, or pronoun that refers to the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb). It is the contrary of an intransitive verb, which does not have an object. So, from the given options, the one that represents a verb that does not transfer action to an object, is the corresponding to option B: an intransitive verb.