Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

his house had become the lair of the iron woodchuck, the hive of the iron bee, the storeroom, of the iron squirrel, the complex of chambers of the iron ant.

what does this excerpt from “‘agua viva,’ a sculpture by alfred gonzalez” tell us about the character of “filthy fredo” gonzalez? select all that apply.

(you can pick more than one)

a. it describes his wild and single-minded purpose.
b. it shows how he is always looking ahead to the future.
c. it expresses his nearly subterranean sense of isolation.
d. it illustrates how he leads an almost subhuman existence.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.