The correct answer is "the desire of wise men".
In her play "Frankenstein" (1823), Mary Shelley uses different syntactic strategies in order to put emphasis on certain information. For example, she could have written something like this: "within my grasp is the study and desire of the wisest men...".
Instead, she chose to present the information in a rhetorical way. She introduced the "wh" word "what" opening the window for the reader to question himself what is the meaning of "what"?
What is THAT THING that had been the study and desire of wisest men since the creation of the world? What did they want to know?
Answer: Many of the tests were rigged so that the registrars could give potential voters an easy or a difficult version, and could score then differently as well.
Explanation:
1. C. The paragraph gives a brief overview of mad cow disease.2. It's a site where anyone can modify the content. The wiki part of the address tells you this is true.3. The evidence supporting a claim about the benefits of water conservation. 4. Scientific American- it's a scholarly periodical.5. how to set up the yards... The last sentence in the passage introduces this part.6. evidence about the number of people killed during the Spanish flu pandemic.7. .com is the most unreliable as it's the least regulated.8. a fact about the drought9. Today's farm machines can milk more than 100 cows an hour. This fits best because it follows a sentence stating the the milking process is superior. This fact makes that seem true.
Answer: Weak winds that blow for short periods of time over small distances
Explanation: For a wave to effectively be produced there need to be large wind, long period of time and a large distance of water. If they are all reduced, then there would be a reduction in the intensity of the wave.
