Answer:
B. By the time Mary got home, Sam had eaten dinner.
Explanation:
The past perfect tense shows that something happened before another action in the past. This tense is formed with the helping verb had plus the past participle of the main verb. In this case, it is had eaten. (<em>Eaten</em> is the past participle of the verb <em>eat</em>).
Short Answer: comic Relief
You have to read around this speech a little bit. Mephistopheles (a demon pretty high up in "the organization") comes in and Faustus makes the comment after all his incantations (which is above your quotation) that he (Meph) is really ugly and is better suited being an old Franciscan Friar -- not a thing you would expect a devil to be.
It's wit and an audience member would smile wryly at the comment. It is not belly shaking laughter. It is just wit, sharp and pointed. (Sort of like the devil himself).
Answer: Comic Relief
One other comment. Try fitting any other answer into those two lines. None of them will work.
The answer to this question is: Rotation Challenges. Studies show that when an employee has been handling a certain job for a prolonged period of time, the employee will develop a certain way of thinking that makes it easier for that employee to be effective in that certain job while reducing the employee's capability in doing another type of job.
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Answer: The metaphor helps the reader understand how little sleep king Arthur got.
Explanation: Here's an example,
"Henry ran as fast as a cheetah chasing after a Gazelle."
This metaphor helps the reader understand how fast henry ran by comparing it to an animal chasing its prey.
