What does the image of "and groaning underneath this age's
yoke" suggest about the meaning of the passage? (a yoke is
a wooden harness, or collar, put around the neck of a horse
or oxen that is pulling a plough)
read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 2
cassius. 'tis just
and it is very much lamented, brutus,
that you have no such mirrors as will turn
your hidden worthiness into your eye,
that you might see your shadow. i have heard
where many of the best respect in rome-
except immortal caesar-speaking of brutus,
and groaning underneath this age's yoke,
have wished that noble brutus had his eyes.
brutus has been unnecessarily choking himself.
it is cruel to restrain people as if they were animals
brutus has been praising the people of rome
people are suffering under the current leadership

The correct answer is Brutus has been unnecessarily choking himself.

Explanation:

Brutus has been having conflicting thoughts, and having an internal war with himself.  

He is divided between the love he has for Cesar and the concern he feels for Rome.  

What Cassius tries to tell him, is that he should see himself as others see him, a noble and highly respected man. He could even be more respected than Cesar.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.