Consider this excerpt from the article: “On the one hand, they value their romances highly because the act of reading them literally draws (them) away from their present surroundings. Because they must produce the meaning of the story by attending closely to the words on the page, they find that their attention is withdrawn from concerns that plague them in reality.” Who is Janice Radway referring to when she uses “they” and “them”?
A. all Americans
B. women
C. children
D. the elderly
B. women
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In the early twenty-first century, the European Union established qualifications for potential new members that included
a. disavowal of communism. b. acceptance of NGOs. c. a commitment to market capitalism and democracy. d. willingness to provide economic assistance to Europe's farming community. e. acceptance of each country's national currency.
The first significant metals industry in the colonies was developed for
A. iron. B. gold. C. silver. D. brass. E. steel.
Which trading post is NOT correctly paired with a European power?
A) Goa and Portugal B) Manila and Spain C) Hormuz and England D) Batavia and the Netherlands E) Cape Town and the Netherlands
The pope condemned the crusaders in the Fourth Crusade because __________
A) the crusaders fought and plundered Christians B) he was afraid that the Holy Land would be lost forever C) the Islamic army easily defeated the crusaders D) the Church was officially in debt