Answer:
The Berlin Wall was built:
D. by closing the border overnight and immediately beginning construction.
Explanation:
The closing of the border was literally carried out overnight. East German soldiers laid down, on the night of August 12-13 of 1961, over 30 miles of barbed wire. Then, only two days afterward, authorities began the construction of the wall that would stay up for 28 years. The Berlin Wall was probably one of the most important symbols - and certainly a very real, tangible one - of the Cold War.
Answer:
The appropriateness of the content of the book
Answer: In the Mercator projection, the areas around the poles appear much larger than they are in proportion to areas around the equator.
Explanation:
Duty, in a way, contributed to the shallowness and failure of Ivan's life. Not because duty in itself is bad, but because it has become Ivan's only preoccupation, apart from pleasant life. Tolstoy's negative view of duty is seen in the second half of this sentence: "he considered his duty all things that were so designated by people in authority". So, we are talking about duty as Ivan sees it, and Ivan sees it as it was designated by people in authority. That means, Ivan structures his life and his priorities according to the view of those above him. His only ambition is to try and climb the social ladder. When he fails to do it, he is disappointed and has to find another obsession - of course, materialistic one. And that is the decoration of his new house. That's when he falls down and injures himself - so, indirectly, his materialism has cost him his health and, ultimately, his life.
I just took the test and I got it right. The answer is c. they both tell about someone important to the author.
