The answer is:
There was no long run-up to the jump.
The jumper carried special weights.
The jumper made more than one jump.
In the excerpt from "The Ancient City," the author Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges makes reference to the long jump exhibited in ancient Greek athletics, which was quite different from modern long jump. For example, there is indication that the athletes did not run before performing the jump, so they probably executed numerous jumps. He also mentions that athletes moved forward special weights, called halteres, which provided impulse to the jump.
Answer:
OD. The tank was developed illegally.
Explanation:
The outcome of any story depends on the circumstances that lead up to the crucial stages of the plot. And these outcomes mainly consists of the consequences or results of all the different directions or aspects of the plot.
In the given scenario of the two soldiers and their plan to try to steal the 'secretly developed' illegal high-tech tank, the <u>most important aspect of the story in determining the outcome is that the tank was illegally developed</u>. This is because, no matter who tried to steal it or what the purpose of the stealing was, the fact that it was developed illegally will eventually be the crucial aspect of how the outcome will be, considering neither the government nor anyone knows about it (except the two soldiers and the engineer and the ones on the base camp).
Thus, the correct answer is option D.
Answer:
True. a rhetorical question is a question that doesn't require an answer, and usually when someone asks "You're kidding me?", or "Are you kidding me?" it's usually said in exasperation, where there is no answer required.
The<span> Lilliputian wars in Gulliver’s Travels are a satire on religious conflict. By definition, a satire would be making use of comedy and irony that may sound catching to the readers and at the same time, it criticises the "stupidity" of people or a group of people which are commonly used in contemporary literature.</span>