Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. tension between the two sides escalated until june 1948, when the soviets blocked all western access to the capital. in this first real crisis of the cold war, the west was not going to be denied by the soviets. if the underlined word were replaced with the word "event,” the tone of the excerpt would be more resentful. more intellectual. less intense. less objective.

Sister carrie, chapter ii theodore dreiser how does the author prepare readers for the last full paragraph of this passage? a) the author introduces carrie by showing readers the similarities between carrie and her sister, who is married to a hardworking man. b) the author introduces carrie as the jealous sibling of minnie, who works hard to make carrie feel welcome without upsetting her own marital balance. c) the author introduces carrie as an observant and young woman who notices the routine of her sister and brother-in-law, with whom she is staying. d) the author introduces carrie as a rather selfish and naive young woman who accepts the hospitality of her sister and brother-in-law until she can find a job in the city.