The word is shows that he is currently happy. It shows that the adjective describing him is present tense.
Answer: To entertain
Explanation:
This passage has a funny and humorous tone. Alonzo is describing that pizza is a good breakfast in one entertaining way while his mother is shocked.
He is explaining this to her in one entertaining and also ironic way because he knows that it is not good for breakfast but he is trying to be entertaining.
He is describing what thing pizza has and that those things are the same whether you eat it combined or separately.
ANSWER: The two lines that shows that Emperor Nero was ruthless are:
1. “Bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let Marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”
and
2. "I have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit."
These were the two lines from the excerpt which states the ruthlessness of Emperor Nero. He wanted to kill the man because he became more popular than him amongst the common people. Emperor Nero could not bear this popularity which is why he wanted to burn the village down to make his presence remembered.
