1) Which is the BEST inference about why the narrator travels to the House of Usher?

Question 1 options:

The narrator does not have any real reason to help Usher.

The narrator signed an oath to protect Usher.

The narrator feels sorry for Usher

The narrator owes Usher money

Choose a detail from the passage that supports the inference made in the previous question.

Question 2 options:

There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime.

It was the manner in which all this, and much more, was said—it was the apparent heart that went with his request—which allowed me no room for hesitation; and I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons

I know not how it was—but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the mind usually receives even the sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible.

Nevertheless, in this mansion of gloom I now proposed to myself a sojourn of some weeks. Its proprietor, Roderick Usher, had been one of my boon companions in boyhood; but many years had elapsed since our last meeting.

It was the manner in which all this, and much more, was said—it was the apparent heart that went with his request—which allowed me no room for hesitation; and I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons

Question 3 (1 point)

3.Which best states the author's purpose for this passage?

to teach the reader a valuable life lesson

Question 4 (1 point)

4. Which sentence is BEST to add to paragraph 2 for a supporting detail?

The stink bug population, however, is expected to decrease due to global warming effects.

Question 5 (1 point)

5.What evidence does the author provide to support the idea that stink bugs are a problem for farmers?

She states a statistic to show the amount of crop damage.

Question 6 (1 point)

6.Which sentence in paragraph 3 uses language that is too informal for this passage?

sentence (16) - The image of a porch infested with stink bugs sounds totally gross.)

Question 7 (1 point)

Which sentence would work BEST as a concluding sentence for paragraph 6?

With those steps in place, homeowners can help reduce their likelihood of experiencing an invasion.

Question 8 (1 point)

8.Identify the incorrectly spelled word.

prevoking

Question 9 (1 point)

9. Identify the correctly spelled word.

behavior

Question 10 (1 point)

1. Based on context clues, we can infer the meaning of dilatory to mean:

lagging

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shadshad shadshad · Answer 2 · 2021-10-08T08:03:24+02:00

Answer:

“I know not how it was – but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.”

What the narrarator expierences

“Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really knew very little of my friend. His reserve had been always excessive and habitual.”

WHAT THE NARRARATOR KNOWS FROM THE PAST

“A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without interruption of device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth.”

AN INTERFERENCE MADE BY THE NARRARATOR

Explanation: