Which line from the decree in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone best supports the idea that Ptolemy was a fair and kind ruler?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

What functions as a reflexive pronoun in the sentence the professor herself wanted to attend the conference, but it was cancelled when she and several other presenters had to excuse themselves

Proofread this excerpt from a review of the film tangled. what type of errors does it contain? walt disney studios is back with another delightful film sure to entertain children and adults alike, hat’s off to the writer and director of this charming little endeavor. they have effectively managed to breathe new life into an old classic: by giving rapunzel's tale a fresh twist, instead of the meek and rapunzel of the original disney story; this retelling gives us a spunky and assertive heroine ready to take command of her own life. a. mixed-up tenses b. incorrect verb usage c. spelling errors d. punctuation errors