Use the dictionary entry for lore to answer the question. lore

lore [‘lor] noun

from Old English leornian

1. something that is taught

2. something that is learned

3. a body of knowledge or tradition

4. the space between the eye and the bill in a bird

5. the space between the eye and the mouth in a reptile or fish

Which definition of lore best matches the most common definition given by the dictionary entry?

a tale
a superstition
a lesson
a face

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

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

It was fifteen minutes before i could work myself up to go and humble myself to a ; but i done it, and i warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither. i didn’t do him no more mean tricks, and i wouldn’t done that one if i’d a knowed it would make him feel that way. in at least one hundred words, describe what central theme in the adventures of huckleberry finn emerges in this excerpt, and how its emergence relates to the social norms of the time.