With Julius Caesar's victories, he gained a lot of power which created a huge political influence.
Answer:
The word present would mean: <em>The act of delivering something</em>.
Explanation:
We can use this definition in the text, as well as context clues to find out that this is the correct answer.
"Sam had to deliver a lecture to the rest of the class, but he was nervous."
Not necessarily. Grades can be considered a measure of a result, it would depends a lot of the result you are measuring. For example, if you measure the behaviour of interest in class, the student that is trying hard in class would score well. But it also can happen that when that student face a test get blocked and stressed and do not score that well. Grades will always depend on what is measured, and currently those measures will be strictly connected with the beliefs of the teacher and his understanding of the most effective way of teaching.
This is an 'adverb infinitive'. It is not a participle, either present of past, because it doesn't end in -ing. And it is not an 'adjective infinitive' since its meaning is adverbial, 'you must capture or trap the other king' IN ORDER 'to win a game of chess'. Adjective has to modify a noun, which isn't the case in this sentence.
The correct answer is social criticism.
Both were inspired by the current times and wrote plays that reflected and criticized society. For example, in 1935 Odets wrote a play about union workers going on strike.