Answer: B) “Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song” C) “the ear that doth thy lays esteem” and D) “gives thy pen both skill and argument”
Explanation: context clues are hints that an author gives to help the readers understand a difficult or unusual word within a sentence or paragraph. A Muse is a person who serves as a source of artistic inspiration (for writing, painting, etc). In the given lines from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 100" the phrases that support the definition of Muse, are: "Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song,” “the ear that doth thy lays esteem,” and “gives thy pen both skill and argument,” because they imply that the speaker is looking for inspiration to write.
This question is in regards to the novel "Of Mice and Men". In this book George killed Lennie because he believed he needed to. Due to technical difficulties, I have attached the answer to this question as a text file below.
I would say the theme is literary. The kid who doesn't study gets a bad grade while the one who did is the first one finished. But it isn't stated explicitly (as a direct or stated theme would be). I hope this helps.
