Why is the policeman walking along the street and checking the doors of the buildings that he passes? A. He is trying to find out if a criminal is hiding in one of the buildings.
B. He is trying to prove to anyone watching that he is doing his job.
C. He is hungry and wants to find an all-night lunch counter that is open.
D. He is making sure that the doors are locked and the businesses are safe.

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses