Read the excerpt from the interview with e. y. (yip) harburg.

we thought american business was the rock of gibraltar. we were the prosperous nation, and nothing could stop us now. a brownstone house was forever. you gave it to your kids and they put marble fronts on it. there was a feeling of continuity. if you made it, it was there forever. suddenly the big dream exploded.

how do harburg’s words reflect the experience of many americans during the great depression? (a)like harburg, many were shocked by stock market collapse and ensuing depression.

(b)like harburg, many were grateful for the lessons they learned from the depression.

(c)like harburg, many made meticulous plans to prepare for the depression.

(d)like harburg, many expected that they could maintain their possessions through the depression.

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet

Marvell's poem is in fact an argument consisting of three logically related points. in at least 150 words, identify each point and trace the speaker's argument from proposition to conclusion. you may find it to identify the transitional word or phrase that marks the beginning of each part of the argument. support your analysis of the argument with details from the poem.

What is the narrator's main conflict in this passage? a. he doesn't like someone mispronouncing his name. b. he has a history of beating up kids he doesn't like. c. he has a violent temper that he cannot control. d. he doesn't like "the kid" he mentions in the paragraph.