You would use empathetic listening in conversations with friends or family.
The adjective which describes Beowulf's parting words as he leaves to battle the dragon is boastful.
It was common for heroes of Anglo-Saxon times to boast before the battle to instill bravery into their soldiers and themselves. So, Beowulf boasts before his last battle to show his people that he is not afraid and that he will gladly die to defend his kingdom.
One reason that Thomas Paine thinks the colonies stand a good chance against the British is that the colonies have the resources to build a great navy. Option B.
The colonies have the resources to create weapons easily.
Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States who inspired the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.
After 1830 the urban areas of the country grew more rapidly than the rural areas. By 1890 industrialization had produced substantial growth in cities, and 35 percent of Americans lived in urban areas, mostly in the northern half of the United States.