Which answer best summarizes the events from the poem contained in the following lines?"Then came to the building the warrior marching,
Bereft of his joyance. The door quickly opened
On fire–hinges fastened, when his fingers had touched it;
The fell one had flung then—his fury so bitter—
Open the entrance."

A. Beowulf opens the door of the mead–hall and finds Grendel waiting.
B. Grendel arrives and rips open the door of the mead–hall.
C. Beowulf keeps the door of the mead–hall closed as Grendel tries to enter.
D. Grendel tries to break down the door of the mead–hall but fails.

Learning how to read to an audience directly helps the reader to: _____.Select all that apply.

feel a sense of personal worth
use deductive reasoning
increase self-confidence
find joy in sharing
develop a greater ability to express oneself verbally

Read the claim below.The government should not use taxpayers' money to fund the arts.

Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

The largest government arts program costs the average taxpayer only about

forty-five cents per year.

Private citizens, corporations, and foundations already spend billions of dollars

each year to support the arts.

The Federal Art Project was a government-funded program that employed

thousands of artists during the Great Depression.

Which details from "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" allow the reader to infer that the narrator is an observer and outsider? A. "At the base of the embankment was a bobbing cluster of beautiful varicolored lanterns . . ."
B. "Cutting out the back and front of a small carton and papering it, he placed a candle on the bottom and fastened a string to the top."
C. "Different from the painted-over red lanterns, others (made of thick cutout cardboard) had their designs drawn upon the paper windows . . ."
D. "Wide-eyed, I loitered near them."

Select the correct inference of the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado." "Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!"

Which word in the sentence, if any, should be followed by a comma? The woman who works at the customer service desk will help you with your question. A. woman B. desk C. There is no error in comma usage. D. you

The excessive use of often indicates a weakness in the vocabulary of the user.