The plot of The Dinner Party by Mona Gardner is there is a cobra in the dinner room, which no one is aware of. So, the American must find a way to keep all of the guests calm and still so that the cobra does not harm/bite any of them, while also trying to lead the cobra away into a bowl of milk outside on the veranda.
The correct answer is <span>A. at midnight while the nightingale sings. He thinks this kind of death would be painless and sweet, enveloped in the ecstatic song of the nightingale. There is a certain amount of grieving at the thought of death, because then he wouldn't have had ears to listen to the nightingale's song. But nevertheless, this moment provides an escape from the grim, disturbing reality - an escape too short, as it turns out at the end of the poem.</span>
Dereliction is a word for neglecting responsibilities. Failing to care for your family or do your job are examples of dereliction. Someone can be fired for dereliction of duty, meaning they have failed to do their job.
<span>The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court convened in Salem to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. </span>
Exercise helps lower heart disease.
