Which of the following quotes from “Soldier’s Home” communicates the tone of isolation?Group of answer choices"I've worried about you too much, Harold," his mother went on. "I know the temptations you must have been exposed to. I know how weak men are. I know what your own dear grandfather, my own father, told us about the Civil War and I have prayed for you. I pray for you all day long, Harold."He sat there on the porch reading a book on the war. It was a history and he was reading about all the engagements he had been in. It was the most interesting reading he had ever done. He wished there were more maps. He looked forward with a good feeling to reading all the really good histories when they would come out with good detail maps. Now he was really learning about the war. He had been a good soldier. That made a difference.He did not want any consequences. He did not want any consequences ever again. He wanted to live along without consequences. Besides he did not really need a girl. The army had taught him that. It was all right to pose as though you had to have a girl. Nearly everybody did that. But it wasn't true. You did not need a girl.Krebs acquired the nausea in regard to experience that is the result of untruth or exaggeration, and when he occasionally met another man who had really been a soldier and they talked a few minutes in the dressing room at a dance, he fell into the easy pose of the old soldier among other soldiers: that he had been badly, sickeningly frightened all the time. In this way he lost everything.

Which two sentences in this excerpt from John Steinbeck's "Symptoms" address the theme of soldiers being reluctant to talk about their experiences in war?If they had been reticent men it would have been different, but some of them were talkers and some were even boasters. They would discuss their experiences right up to the time of battle and then suddenly they wouldn't talk anymore. This was considered heroic in them. It was thought that they had seen or done was so horrible that they didn't want to bring it back to haunt them or their listeners. But many of these men had no such consideration in any other field. Only recently have I found what seems to be a reasonable explanation, and the answer is simple. They did not and do not remember--and the worse the battle was, the less they remember.

PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?A. "I am a combat infantry veteran from World War II, and hold a Purple Heart... I am so much trusted with young people and by young people that I have served on the faculties of the University of Iowa, Harvard, and the City College of New York." (Paragraph 5)B. "And we all know, too, that those words really don't damage children much. They didn't damage us when we were young. It was evil deeds and lying that hurt us." (Paragraph 6)C. "books are sacred to free men for very good reasons, and that wars have been fought against nations which hate books and burn them. If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely" (Paragraph 8)D. "If you and your board are now determined to show... maturity when you exercise your powers over the education of your young, then you should acknowledge that it was a rotten lesson you taught young people" (Paragraph 9)

Which quote best provides the reason for why the characters are at war at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?Elimination ToolSelect one answerA"This is the sergeantWho, like a good and hardy soldier, fought’Gainst my captivity." (1.2.4-6)B"Doubtful it stood,As two spent swimmers that do cling togetherAnd choke their art." (1.2.9-11)C"The merciless Macdonwald(Worthy to be a rebel, for to thatThe multiplying villainies of natureDo swarm upon him) from the Western Isles" (1.2.11-14)D"Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel,Which smoked with bloody execution,Like Valor’s minion, carved out his passage" (1.2.19-21)

In the Gettysburg Address, how does Lincoln encourage the audience to feel responsibility toward the fallen soldiers?A.He reminds the audience that "we are engaged in a great civil war."B.He asks people to keep fighting so "that these dead shall not have died in vain."C.He promises that the United States "shall not perish from the earth."D.He says that it is not up to him to "hallow this ground" at Gettysburg.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The following text is from the 1865 poem “Beat! Beat! Drums!” by Walt Whitman, published right after the end of the American Civil War. Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!Through the windows—through doors—burst like a ruthless force,Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation,Into the school where the scholar is studying;Leave not the bridegroom quiet—no happiness must he have now with his bride,Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain,So fierce you whirr and pound you drums—so shrill you bugles blow.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?To celebrate the beauty of the sounds that drums and bugles makeeliminateTo showcase how the war interrupts daily lifeeliminateTo contrast the beauty of the music with the horror of wareliminateTo demonstrate how individuals how a responsibility to go to war for their country