In chapter one of Kingdom of the Blind, the protagonist of the novel, chief inspector Armand Gamache is summoned to an unfamiliar town near Québec. Armand had received a mysterious and intriguing letter from a woman he did not recognize and decided to pursue the mystery out of curiosity of the unknown. Once arriving in the town, Armand Gamache begins to suspect that there is more than meets the eye within the quaint setting that he now found himself in. The address listed on the letter led the inspector to a rundown building, the remnants having once been a bustling townhouse. The once bustling townhouse was now in shambles, a mere memory of what had once been years before. Gamache decides to further investigate the decrepit home, during which he is reminded of an old nursery rhyme. “There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house” (Penny 3). Based on the provided quote, is the nursery rhyme a means in which to further advance the plot, detailing how Gamache feels as he explores the house, or is the rhyme more so foreshadowing for whatever mystery he may find in the house?

In living to tell the tale, what does the following passage mainly reveal about the narrator (paragraph 2)? “there was not a single door, crack in the wall, a human trace that did not find a supernatural resonance in me.” : a) the narrator associates memories to specific objects that he sees. b) the narrator realizes the buildings around him should be demolished. c) the narrator feels as though he wants to connect to the people of the town. d) the narrator is unsure why he feels frightened while walking with his mother.

Acredible source is one that is (4 points) select one: a. with bias b. not useful c. persuasive d. trustworthy

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)