Which sentence is written in the passive voice? a. snakes slithered through the high grass b. the stream trickled over the smooth stones c. family photographs were displayed in the picture frames. d. this heavy rain will make the yard muddy

It is C. Family photographs were displayed in the picture frames. I know this because I took the test.

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.

they fear for their lives