1. The excerpt that best convey empathy is A: "...At me, thy earth-born companion,/ An' fellow mortal!" This sentence manifests the understanding of another's feelings and problems.
2. the answer is D: a translator. Although Chapman was also a poet, John Keat wrote "On First Looking into Cahpman's Homer" <em>in honor to Chapman because his free translation of Homer's works made a huge impression o</em>n Keat.
3. The answer is A: archaic language. The words <em>thou (you) and wert (were) </em>are old used terms.
Explanation: Cause in you're question it say "would probably NOT be used as support for a proposition to keep a city's public libraries open seven day's a week" and c is saying fewer and fewer are using the libraries which means c would not be used as support for a proposition.