Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 2.

brutus. cassius,
be not deceived. if i have veiled my look,
i turn the trouble of my countenance
merely upon myself. vexèd i am
of late with passions of some difference,45
conceptions only proper to myself,
which give some soil, perhaps, to my behaviours.
but let not therefore my good friends be grieved—
among which number, cassius, be you one—
nor construe any further my neglect50
than that poor brutus, with himself at war,
forgets the shows of love to other men.

which statement best summarizes the conflict in this passage?

brutus deceived his friend cassius, and now cassius is angry with him.
cassius offends brutus by saying that he does not like the way brutus looks.
brutus has been acting strangely because he has a lot on his mind that is troubling him.
cassius and brutus have been arguing, but brutus says he will set everything right.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

Explain how creon’s tragic downfall reveals the ancient greek belief that nothing happens by chance.

Aprimary source: a- may be biased b- is never biased c- cannot possibly have bias d- none of the above