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Time left 2:51:47HideQuestion 25Not yet answeredFlag questionTipsQuestion textIdentify the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.The boy told his teacher that he did not perform _____ in the concert because he was sick.Question 25Select one:a.goodb.wellClear my choiceQuestion 26Not yet answeredFlag questionTipsQuestion textWhat is the falling action of this story?A banker and the lawyer get into an argument over capital punishment.  The banker condones it, while the lawyer says life in prison would be a more fitting punishment.  This leads the banker to bet that the banker could not last even 15 years alone in prison.  So, the banker wages 2 million rubles against 15 years of the lawyer's life in his garden house, a simulation of life in prison.In the first few years in his garden house prison, the lawyer reads, plays piano, and drinks.  Meanwhile, the banker plots to kill the lawyer a day before the bet is over and blame the murder on the the watchman.When the fifteen years is up, and just as the banker intends to kill the lawyer, he sees him asleep with a letter at his table.  The letter says that the lawyer renounces humanity and intends to leave the garden house minutes before the bet is over and, therefore, lose the bet.  Blindsided, the banker refuses to murder the lawyer and, henceforth, no one wins the bet.When he awakes, the lawyer indeed leaves minutes before he cashes in on the two million rubles. Later, the banker puts the letter in a safe.  Does he do this to prevent himself for being implicated in a crime (reneging on the bet)?  Or, does he value the letter more dearly than money?  In other words, does the bet teach both the banker and the lawyer to renounce vanity and materialism and to value human relationships?Question 26Select one:a.The banker makes a bet with the lawyer.b.The lawyer leave his garden prison a few minutes early.c.The banker puts the letter in his safe.d.The banker plans to murder the lawyer.Clear my choiceQuestion 27Not yet answeredFlag questionTipsQuestion textIn Great Expectations, at one point, Estella is being courted by Drummle, who:Question 27Select one:a.Pip despised even before he started seeing Estella.b.Was Pip's best friend in the Finches of the Grove.c.Pip looks up to and admires.d.Pip wrestled once in the Miss Havisham's garden.

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Time left 2:51:47HideQuestion 25Not yet answeredFlag questionTipsQuestion textIdentify the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.The boy told his teacher that he did not perform _____ in the concert because he was sick.Question 25Select one:a.goodb.wellClear my choiceQuestion 26Not yet answeredFlag questionTipsQuestion textWhat is the falling action of this story?A banker and the lawyer get into an argument over capital punishment.  The banker condones it, while the lawyer says life in prison would be a more fitting punishment.  This leads the banker to bet that the banker could not last even 15 years alone in prison.  So, the banker wages 2 million rubles against 15 years of the lawyer's life in his garden house, a simulation of life in prison.In the first few years in his garden house prison, the lawyer reads, plays piano, and drinks.  Meanwhile, the banker plots to kill the lawyer a day before the bet is over and blame the murder on the the watchman.When the fifteen years is up, and just as the banker intends to kill the lawyer, he sees him asleep with a letter at his table.  The letter says that the lawyer renounces humanity and intends to leave the garden house minutes before the bet is over and, therefore, lose the bet.  Blindsided, the banker refuses to murder the lawyer and, henceforth, no one wins the bet.When he awakes, the lawyer indeed leaves minutes before he cashes in on the two million rubles. Later, the banker puts the letter in a safe.  Does he do this to prevent himself for being implicated in a crime (reneging on the bet)?  Or, does he value the letter more dearly than money?  In other words, does the bet teach both the banker and the lawyer to renounce vanity and materialism and to value human relationships?Question 26Select one:a.The banker makes a bet with the lawyer.b.The lawyer leave his garden prison a few minutes early.c.The banker puts the letter in his safe.d.The banker plans to murder the lawyer.Clear my choiceQuestion 27Not yet answeredFlag questionTipsQuestion textIn Great Expectations, at one point, Estella is being courted by Drummle, who:Question 27Select one:a.Pip despised even before he started seeing Estella.b.Was Pip's best friend in the Finches of the Grove.c.Pip looks up to and admires.d.Pip wrestled once in the Miss Havisham's garden.

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Question 25: The correct word for the blank in the sentence is "well". So, the answer is b. well.

Question 26: The falling action of the story is when the banker puts the letter in his safe. So, the answer is c. The banker puts the letter in his safe.

Question 27: Drummle is a character whom Pip despised even before he started seeing Estella. So, the answer is a. Pip despised even before he started seeing Estella.

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