Read the excerpt from "The Arming of Patroclus." Then Patroclus flung his spear and it struck Sarpedon even through the heart. From his chariot, he fell, as a pine or a poplar falls on the hills before the woodsman's ax. What does the figurative phrase "as a pine or a poplar falls on the hills before the woodsman's ax" mean as used in the excerpt? Sarpedon is as noble as a pine or poplar tree. Sarpedon's fall resembles a tree falling as it is cut down. Sarpedon falls on an ax made from a pine or poplar tree. Sarpedon is struck as though hit by a woodsman with an ax.​

The novel begins with a flashback. what do you think is its purpose? what do you learn about the narrator?

In a series of experiments, hershey and chase radioactively labeled dna and protein in viruses and then used labeled viruses to infect bacteria. hershey and chase's experiments definitively showed that a. dna and not protein is the genetic material. b. dna and protein work together as a cell's genetic material. c. protein and not dna is the genetic material. d. neither dna nor protein act as a cell's genetic material

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.a large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered, though its lower end was still embedded. as soon as ogilvy saw me among the staring crowd on the edge of the pit he called to me to come down, and asked me if i would mind going over to see lord hilton, the lord of the manor. the growing crowd, he said, was becoming a serious impediment to their excavations, especially the boys.which context clues effectively indicate the meaning of the word excavations as it is used in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)edge of the pitamong the staring crowdhad been uncoveredwas still embedded