Read the following paragraph and answer the question. 1poe really was the inventor of the detective story, which he called the "ratiocinative" tale. 2here believing the effect intended was "to perplex the reader and whet his desire for elucidation," he originated two devices useful to this day. 3one might be called "the device of the baffled friend": he gave his brilliant detective a companion not good at solutions and had him tell the story. 4viewing the happenings through this narrator's eyes, the reader shares his growing puzzlement. 5poe used his second device at the tale's end: he had the detective disclose his surprising solution and then "elucidate" step by step the reasoning which led to it. 6"the purloined letter" demonstrated poe's use of these two devices in a detective story. type a summary statement for the paragraph. include the keys you have extracted.

What is one thing that happened to benno harte when he and his family left france to escape the nazis?

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]