Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. the drum was found by kitchener’s army near khartoum after the anglo-egyptian reconquest of the city. once again it was re-carved – or re-branded – to make a political statement: near the tail of the bush calf kitchener added the emblem of the british crown. it was then presented to queen victoria. which conclusion about historical significance can be drawn from this information? the emblem of the british crown was carved onto all artifacts found by the british army. the carving on the slit drum was viewed as an unimportant addition by kitchener’s army. the carving on the slit drum is representative of british rule over african territories. the emblem of the british crown was commonly found already engraved on foreign artifacts.

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning