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.
Answer:
B) I'd love to take a poem to lunch/ or treat it to a wholesome brunch/ of fresh cut fruit and apple crunch.
Explanation:
Personification is a literary device, that designate the attributes/qualities of human to an object. It assigns human qualities and attributes to objects or other non-human things. It assign human characteristics to an object so that catching imagery is formed. From the given option B "I'd love to take a poem to lunch/ or treat it to a wholesome brunch/ of fresh cut fruit and apple crunch" we can see that the attribute of human was assigned to a poem because only human can be taken to lunch, a poem cannot be taken to lunch.
1.B 2.C 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.D 8.? 9.D 10.D
Dont know no. 8 tho hope this help
