Read the passage. excerpt from "marie curie and the discovery of radioactivity" by mara rockliff to the austrian mine owners who had sent the pitchblende ore, it was just dirt. after all, they had already taken out the valuable part—the metallic element called uranium—and dumped what was left over in a nearby pine forest. if a pair of eccentric french scientists wanted them to scoop up the worthless stuff and ship it, the mine owners were happy to oblige. but marie and pierre curie knew the secret of the dull brown ore. hidden deep within it was a new chemical element. no one, the curies included, had ever seen this element. still, the husband-and-wife team had given it a name: radium. and marie was determined to prove radium was real. it could be inferred that the word eccentric in the text means "odd." which context clue best confirm this meaning of the word eccentric? a. "scientists wanted them to scoop up the worthless stuff and ship it" b. "deep within it was a new chemical element" c. "after all, they had already taken out the valuable part…called uranium" d. "no one…had ever seen this element"

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.