Which passage is part of the climax of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat"?
A. Upon its head...sat the hideous beast...I had walled the monster up with the tomb!
B. But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul.
C. I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat and deliberately cut one of his Eyes from the socket!
D. I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feeling of others.

Nthis excerpt from act v of shakespeare's romeo and juliet, friar laurence's letter to romeo is not delivered due to circumstances beyond his control. what is the conflict in the scene?

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

What did mark twain contribute to the history of the novel? select all that apply.