Read this excerpt from “my last duchess” by robert browning:

—and if she let
herself be lessoned so, nor plainly set
her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse,
—e'en then would be some stooping: and i choose
never to stoop. oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,
whene'er i passed her; but who passed without
much the same smile? this grew; i gave commands;
then all smiles stopped together.

what conclusion can you draw about the speaker's character?

he seems passive.
he is extremely arrogant.
he has a stooping gait.
he is very somber.

The answer is indeed letter b. He is extremely arrogant.

The poem "My Last Duchess" has as its probable speaker the fifth Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso II d'Este. He married 14-year-old  Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici, who died at the age of 17 - rumor has it she was poisoned. In the poem, the Duke's arrogant and jealous nature can be noticed. His wife's beauty and gaiety seemed to irritate him. The fact that her smiles were not directed only to him made him want to have them stop completely. He "gave commands" and the smiles did, in fact, stop.

there is no passage.

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    a basketball team comprises of five players as mentioned above. the five players include point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center (ramen 56). the rules do not limit players to certain locations. however, evolution of basketball from the 1980s made players assume certain locations and roles. the point guard should be the fastest team member, and is responsible for organizing the attacks of the team. he does this by making sure that the right player has the ball at the right time (wissel 87). the shooting guard creates mainly long-range shorts and watches the opponent's last player on the defense. the small forward member of the team is majorly responsible for scoring points through dribble penetration and cuts to the basket. he also rebounds and plays actively. power forward plays invasively having their back to the basket and when on defense he plays under the basket or against the opponent's power forward (ramen 54). the center often uses his size and height to score and safeguard the basket when on defense. however, there is no rule that limits the players to these descriptions.  

              there are four quarters in regular basketball game, and each takes 10 or 12 minutes (ramen 67). in college basketball games, the game uses two-twenty minute halves. extra time should take 5 minutes in all games except in high school, where it takes four minutes. teams need to change sides after the first half of the game. a typical basketball game might take approximately 2 hours excluding the time when the game is inactive. at any given time, the court should have ten players, 5 from both sides. despite substitutions being unrestricted, it can only be performed when the game is stopped (wissel 51). additionally, teams must have a uniform comprising of a jersey and a pair of shorts. for identification purposes, the jersey should have a unique number in the team printed at the front and back. in some instances, the jerseys have the names of players, sponsors and team printed on them.  

              in conclusion, regulation basketball hoop comprises of a rim or basket attached to a backboard. violating the rules of the game results in a change of the shot clock if the committed by the defense or loss of ball possession. basketball teams comprise of five players, which includes the point guard, shooting guard, power forward, small forward and center. a typical basketball game might take approximately 2 hours excluding the time when the game is inactive.