Which defines oligarchy?

a.
rule by a small group

b.
rule by the citizens

c.
rule by a congress

d.
rule by a monarch

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

What does twain find ironic and hypocritical about human patriotism?

Read the passage and choose the correct punctuation marks