After a while, she asked, "Was there really a Noah?" "Not one man dealing with a worldwide flood," God said.
"But there have been a number of people who've had to
deal with smaller disasters."
"People you ordered to save a few and let the rest die?"
"Yes," God said.
She shuddered and turned to face him again. "And what
then? Did they go mad?" Even she could hear the
disapproval and disgust in her voice.
God Jhose to hear the question as only a question. "Some
took refuge in madness, some in drunkenness, some in
sexual license. Some killed themselves. Some survived
and lived long, fruitful lives."
Martha shook her head and managed to keep quiet.
"I don't do that any longer," God said.
-"The Book of Martha,"
Octavia E. Butler

Which choice best shows the moral idea that Martha
struggles with in this excerpt?
O Some people must make decisions that place great
burdens on them.
O Some people must die, so others can live.
O Some people refuse to rise to the challenges
presented to them.
O Some people do not understand how to solve
problems in the worlds they make

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.