Which one of the following sentences contains a collective noun? a. the quality of mercy is not strained. b. the legislature met in secret session. c. listen, my children, and you shall hear. d. who among you is a butcher, a baker, or a candlestick maker?

Hamlet act 1 what does queen gertrude tell hamlet?

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia

Identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet”.