What was the Versailles treaty?

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SCIENCE

Wiley Coyote (Carnivouous hungribilous) is chasing the roadrunner (Speediburd cantcatchmi) yet…

Let us consider the roadrunner and Wiley coyote as projectile, launched with an initial velocity and a certain angle with the horizontal. The range for a projectile is given as:

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THE SCARLET LETTER

In The Scarlet Letter what news does the commander of the vessel give to Hester?

Toward the end of chapter XXI of The Scarlet Letter, which is titled “New England Holiday”, Hester learns from a mariner (sailor) that all her plans have been ruined. It all goes back to Hester’s…

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SILAS MARNER

In the war between love and luxury, love has priority. Justify on the basis of Silas Marner.

The answer is quite simple. After all the years Silas Marner spends in forced isolation, obsessively gathering gold, and focusing on nothing but himself, he has a life changing event. Dunsey Cass,…

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EVERYMAN

Did the Wife of Bath choose her headwear out of a sense of modesty?

The Wife of Bath chose her headwear to show off her skills at making cloth. At any rate, modesty doesn’t figure into her character. She was quite proud of all she was and all she’d done. She was…

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HISTORY

How did muckrakers prepare the way for political reforms?

The muckrakers of the Progressive Era paved the way for political reforms by alerting people to conditions that, in the muckrakers’ eyes, needed fixing. This made the people put pressure on the…

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THE POSSIBILITY OF EVIL

How is Miss Strangeworth viewed by members of her community?

The narrator does not specify how Miss Strangeworth is viewed by all the members of her community, but there are indications that she is generally well regarded. Walking down Main Street on a…

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EVELINE

What is a description of Frank in “Eveline?”

Possessing a face bronzed by the life of a sailor, Frank is a lodger at a house that Eveline passes on the main road. She finds him “kind, open-hearted, and manly”; he is fond of music and often…

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MAUREEN DALY

How would you describe the character of the narrator in Daly’s short story “Sixteen”?

Maureen Daly uses a first person narrator in her short story “Sixteen.” As the story begins, the narrator, who is the protagonist, goes to great lengths to let the reader know that she is…

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HISTORY

How are all revolutions alike?

According to Crane Brinton’s respected “Theory of Revolution,” all revolutions have certain symptoms in common. A common condition of all of these symptoms is an ineffective government….

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SCIENCE

Name 3 products of science that you use everyday.

We use several products of science everyday and science is pretty much involved in all our activities. Some of the key scientific products that we use daily include, electricity, transportation…

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SCIENCE

Is there a way to find specific heat (c) without knowing Delta T?

Specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of the substance by one degree Celsius. It is a common physical property of a substance and specific…

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Why was Charles Darnay accused of treason?

Charles Darnay, on his return to Paris during the Revolution, is arrested for treason because he is an “emigrant.” This refers to those aristocrats who emigrated from France and went to…

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SCIENCE

The depth of a reservoir is 1.2m. Calculate the pressure at the bottom of the pond due to water….

The weight of a liquid inside a container, acts with a force on the walls of the bottom of the container and on the surface of any object immersed in it. This force per unit of area is known as…

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THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER

How does Tom try to get out of the bargain in “The Devil and Tom Walker”?

In “The Devil and Tom Walker” Tom tries to get out of his deal with the devil by becoming religious. As he grows older Tom starts to attend church services and pray and sing loudly. In fact, the…

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WALDEN

What did Thoreau hope to do at Walden? How might being there have helped him achieve his goals?

Thoreau was essentially a philosopher. He makes it obvious in Walden that he loves thinking, reading, and writing in solitude. Like most intellectuals he was faced with the problem of earning a…

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OF MICE AND MEN

What is a main quote (with page number) from Of Mice and Men that represents the element of trust?

George and Lennie are anomalies in the world of itinerant ranch workers. In other words, it is abnormal for two guys to travel together from town to town. The prime example of trust in this story…

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SCIENCE

Why is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom not equal to that atom’s atomic…

The atomic weight is a property that is measured as the sum of the masses of the protons and neutrons of a particular atom. Atoms, however, can have different forms (isotopes) depending on the…

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HISTORY

Why did the nation become divided in the 1790s?

The nation began to divide in the 1790s. One reason for this was differing viewpoints of how the Constitution should be interpreted. There were people who believed the Constitution should be…

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A SOUND OF THUNDER

What is unique about the dinosaur the men in “A Sound of Thunder” were going to shoot?

“A Sound of Thunder” describes a group of hunters on a time safari – a hunting expedition that uses a time machine to travel into the distant past and hunt animals that are extinct in the modern…

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RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI

What is the setting of the short story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling?

Rikki-tikki-tavi takes place in the Segowlee cantonment, an area in India that was home to a British military base when India was still a colony of England. At the beginning of the story,…

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THE SEAFARER

How could the paradox expressed in the first part of the poem “The Seafarer” be articulated and…

This paradox is central to the entire poem. It may be summed up this way: 1. Seafaring is dangerous, lonely, and objectively miserable. It offers no rewards or “earthly pleasures.” A normal…

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MILKWEED

In Milkweed, why do people in the streetcar tell the boys to get off?

The answer to your question is simple: the people tell the boys (Uri and Misha) to get off the streetcar because they are illegally hanging onto the sides as it is moving. This being said, it is…

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HISTORY

Who presides over an impeachment trial for the President of the United States?

Impeachment of the President of the United States is an exceedingly rare affair, and first it must be understood that to be impeached is not to be guilty of a crime, but merely to be accused or…

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SCIENCE

How much later do tides occur everyday? Why?

The reason for why tides occur at different times is that there are about 12 hours and 25 minutes between two successive high tides or low tides in most locations. There are about half that number,…

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SCIENCE

How can you calculate the number of electrons in an atom?

In practical terms, it isn’t really possible with our current level of technology to count the electrons in a single atom. However, there are some theoretical and experimental alternatives. The…

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LITERATURE

How does Mrs. Merriweather display her hypocrisy at the missionary meeting in the book To Kill A…

During the missionary meeting in chapter 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs. Grace Merriweather, “the most devout lady in Maycomb” (263), waxes eloquent about “those poor Mrunas,” an impoverished…

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

Did Transcendentalism affect Edgar Allan Poe’s writing?

Transcendentalism affected Edgar Allan Poe’s literature because he abhorred it. Poe’s writing, considered part of the American Romantic period, was Dark Romantic. He wrote of evil and macabre…

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ANIMAL FARM

How is the hunger for power depicted in Animal Farm?

The desire to be in control and maintain authority is most pertinently displayed by the pigs through their actions. Once the Rebellion is successful, they easily take over the running of the farm….

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND

What happened to Dr. Roylott in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”?

Holmes and Watson spend the night in Helen Stoner’s bedroom, waiting to see what will happen. At three o’clock in the morning by the nearby church bell, they hear the low whistle which Helen…

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THE NECKLACE

Describe Madame Loisels’s character in “The Necklace.”

The character of Madame Loisel is that of a young woman of lesser social status, who comes from a similarly simple family. As a result, she is rendered unable to marry “beyond her station” and find…

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THE CRUCIBLE

Why does Tituba said the quote, “Oh how many times he told me to kill you, Mr. Parris…but I…

Tituba has just been used as a scapegoat for the “witchery” that is going on in Salem. She is an easy target because she is a black slave and from Barbados where religions such as voo doo…

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THE PEARL

How does Kino kill a man in chapter 5 of The Pearl?

Kino killed a man with a knife in a fight for the pearl. The incident you are describing is when Kino killed the man with the knife. Kino is a target because of the pearl. He defends himself with…

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ROMEO AND JULIET

How is language used to physically deconstruct and objectify women in Romeo and Juliet?

I believe that simply mentioning the term “deconstruct” may have sent educators fleeing from this question. Deconstructionist philosophy is most closely associated with Jacques Derrida who, by the…

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

How did the French Revolution affect the people?

Before the French Revolution, French society was divided into three “estates”: the clergy, the nobility, and the peasants. Most important positions were reserved for the nobility. The state…

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BUSINESS

Why is it important to keep the firm’s strategy in mind when engaged in human resource activities…

Human resources department not only deals with selection of employees, it also has to ensure employee retention and satisfaction. An HR manager should keep the firm’s interests (and strategies)…

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HISTORY

What are the three rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

There are really only three rights listed in the Declaration of Independence. These are the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Declaration of Independence was written, in…

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RELIGION

The preservation of the legacy of Jesus, Gandhi, Hasan Al-banna or Regina Jonas, owes more to the…

The scholarly study of religion is, above all, secular in nature, meaning it studies religions from outside of any religious belief or viewpoint (as opposed to theology, which studies the nature of…

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THE STORY OF AN HOUR

In “The Story of an Hour,” what news comes to Mrs. Mallard at the end of the story, and what…

“The story of an hour” is a subtle tale of a repressive marriage. The news of the accidental death of Mr. Mallard, which comes at the beginning of the story, unleashes a storm of emotions in…

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BUSINESS

Why is marketing the nerve center of any organization?

A “nerve center” in business terms is the department from which the organization is directed. It is a center of control over multiple organizational factors. It is a source of information and…

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THE TIME MACHINE

What is the time machine made of?

Given that this is a book about technology, we would expect there to be a detailed explanation of the machine which allows time travel. Technology and the aforementioned machine are obviously…

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THE BEGGAR’S OPERA

Can you explain the ways in which class distinctions or the differences between the “high life”…

The lyrics of the opening song in John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera establish the main social conflict of the play: despite the different levels of respect and privilege afforded the different…

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BRAVE NEW WORLD

What is the reason behind the formation of social classes in Brave New World? Do people accept or…

Brave New World has five social classes, ranging from the most intelligent, the Alphas, to the least intelligent, the Epsilons, in order to maintain a carefully regulated division of labor in the…

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THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM

Poe opens “The Pit and the Pendulum” by describing the narrator’s sickening agony of awaiting his…

Obviously, this answer depends on what you believe the meaning of the story to be, so I will answer with my own opinion–however, it is by no means the only one. In my own opinion, this story is…

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SCIENCE

How would the scarcity of water affect respiration?

Plants require the raw materials of water and carbon dioxide in order to carry out photosynthesis in their chloroplasts. These are reactants in the photosynthesis reaction and the products that…

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SCIENCE

What are some of the important public policy issues relating to water quality?

Public-policy related to water quality is an enormously large issue. I assume that you mean water quality with regard to human sustainability and health. However, keep in mind that there are issues…

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SCIENCE

Are helium, xenon and neon elements with stable electronic configurations?

Stable electronic configurations refer to fully filled electronic orbitals. The elements with stable electronic configurations are also known as noble gases. During chemical bonding (whether ionic…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

How does Harper Lee represent the character of Tom Robinson?

Harper Lee represents the character of Tom Robinson as a sympathetic, innocent individual who was a victim of racial injustice. Tom’s caring personality is evident throughout the text. Tom Robinson…