16) which best identifies a characteristic of a credible source?

a) it is written by experts in their field of study
b) it is full of facts and statistics
c) it is published in books

17) review the clue.

the root of the word omniscient is omnis, or "all"

based on this clue, which identifies the best meaning of the word omniscient?

a) unlimited knowledge
b) a lonely person
c) a covered walk
d) a great destruction

18) which sentence uses the word infamous correctly?

a) an infamous story about a man rescuing a child from a burning building appeared in the newspaper
b) i have no idea who he is; he must be infamous
c) i was wildly excited to see my favorite infamous band at the concert.
d) he's infamous for stealing stuff from his friend's lockers.

do not answer if you do not know.

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 is true about the above excerpt? ethos is used in reference to “dangers and ghosts.” logos is used in saying all men forget and want to forget, because the talmud also praised forgetting. ethos is used in referring to the ancients, the talmud, and god. pathos is used without loaded language.

Write a sentence using a gerund phrase with a pronoun subject.

Which of the following story descriptions most directly shares themes with the passage above