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“Do I dare / Disturb the universe?” and “No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;” and “I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. / I do not think that they will sing to me”

“I, too, dislike it; there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle”

Where is “Soldier’s Home” set? 

Identify the source of the line(s): “But Microscopes are prudent / In an Emergency!”

“These fragments I have shored against my ruins / Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo’s mad againe. / Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih     shantih     shantih”

In “The Open Boat,” Stephen Crane uses repetition of the lines, “If I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come this far and contemplate sand and trees?”  How does this repetition contribute to the tone and the overall meaning of the story? Rubric: 2 points: begins by clearly answering the prompt 4 points: provides reasons, explanations, and/or evidence to support answer 2 points: uses correct grammar and punctuation 

He was born in Massachusetts; his mother raised him after his father deserted the family.

Identify the source of the line(s): “Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs!” 

What historical event or period is often cited as influencing the emergence of literary modernism? 

It’s ok to use Math Solver sites or apps for the Turn-In assignments and during the online proctored assessments.