Answer:
D. acknowledge the potentially embarrassing circumstances under which she is delivering her speech
Explanation:
Most of the students at Wellesley College did not want Barbara Bush to speak because they believed that she was only famous because of her husband (president at the time). A majority of the students wanted Alice Walker to give a speech instead, however this did not occur. Bush is trying to use comedic relief in this line to lighten the mood surrounding her speech.
What is the central argument presented in the Declaration of Independence?
A. The laws that govern the people are not flexible, so the colonists must create new laws.
B. The colonial rulers should decide which of the king's laws are fair, so they must scold the king.
C. The current government does not provide equal liberties, so a new government must be created.
D. The current monarchy is not all-powerful, so a new king must be chosen.
Answer:
C. The current government does not provide equal liberties, so a new government must be created.
Explanation:
The Declaration of Independence is a document that shows evidence of the breaking away or independence of the American colonies from Great Britain.
The American colonies sought freedom from the British because they felt that they were not given equal liberties and as a result of this, there was a need for a new government. This is the central argument of the Declaration of Independence.
The answer is "He's sane."
"True - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous had I been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses not destroyed not build them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and the earth I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Harken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story."
Although he is mentally ill, he claims to be sane.
D. Past It fits the sentence best, because you don't go through the school and the supermarket to get somewhere, you got past it.