What they are looking for here is supporting details for this claim. As you read, hat reasons are given to go into war? Why is it said that this is good idea? Was it for national security? Was it to ensure our safety? It may not be directly stated, either. This may be something you need to infer.
Answer:
What is your name?
Whom did you rescue?
Where and when did the rescue occur?
Explanation:
Question 1:
Humorous passage 1: "It (the umbrella) was made to be carried on the arm like an enormous ornamental bat and to allow one the opportunity to put on British airs as the atmospheric conditions demanded."
Humorous passage 2: "(The umbrella is) An item to be carried in the street, to be used to startle friends and—in the worst of cases—to fend off one’s creditors."
Question 2:
Passage 1 is funny because it compares the umbrella to an ornamental bat, which sounds weird in the first place. Plus, the umbrellas is said to be used by people who want to seem British, which is even more outrageously funny.
Passage 2 is funny because it treats the umbrella as a scary object which can be used even to fend off people you owe money to, which is absurd.
In both passages, the author uses tone and voice in a very witty way: he speaks seriously about absurdity, about unimaginable stuff. It is like an encyclopedia of weird and fun facts. That is what makes it funny: the contrast between a serious tone and larger than life images.
Answer:
Gatsby does not actually offer Nick a job, but suggests that he could help him out financially through his vast network of business connections. Nick resents and declines this offer of assistance because he knows Gatsby is only offering to reward him for enabling him to meet with Daisy and for them to use Nick’s little cottage as a place for further meetings
Explanation:
They would feel fearful because God is angry at unconverted men.
They would feel fearful because hell is trying to seize new sinners every day.
They would feel fearful because God may or may not keep sinners from falling
into hell.
They would feel hopeful because God is actively inviting sinners to gain “new
life” and avoid the pitfall of hell.
