Question 9 of 10
2 Points
This passage is from a petition submitted in 1607 to Queen Elizabeth I of
Great Britain. Why might the queen have rejected the petition and instead
supported the formation of joint-stock companies?

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

The following question is based on your reading of a midsummer night’s dream by william shakespeare. why does puck transform bottom? a. to disrupt the play. c. to scare the mechanicals. b. for revenge on theseus. d. to scare the lovers.

Ill she not be here anon? is she not hurrying to upbraid me for my haste? have i not heard her footstep on the stair? do i not distinguish that heavy and horrible beating of her heart? what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes usher’s misunderstanding. it emphasizes usher’s love for his sister. it emphasizes usher’s psychological fixation. it emphasizes usher’s melancholy nature.