Sequence the following events in skeletal muscle contraction:

In Judaism, while the ceremonial washing is taking place, all mirrors should be removed from the home.

Identify the author of the following passage: . . .I conceiv’d the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral Perfection. I wish’d to live without committing any Fault at anytime; I would conquer all that either Natural Inclination, Custom, or Company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other. But I soon found I had undertaken a Task of more Difficulty than I had imagined: While my Care was employ’d in guarding against one Fault, I was often surpris’d by another. 

Choose one of the options below and write a substantial response. Be sure to answer the question in its entirety. Your response should be 150-300 words.  OPTION 1  Works: Compare and contrast the assigned writing (not their biographies) of Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley. Support your answer with details from at least 1 assigned work by each writer.    ·         First, what is the genre and century of each writer? ·         Then, contrast their work: what are the differing ways in which each depicted Africa and Africans? ·         What are the differences in how these authors treated the topic of slavery? What is each author attempting to accomplish in their work, as represented by the assigned works from this class? OPTION 2  Author: Hawthorne   Works: “The Birthmark” and “The Minister’s Black Veil”  * At the beginning of your essay, note Hawthorne’s century and genre, as specified in class.  The question: Think about the symbolism used in the two assigned literary works by Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” and “The Minister’s Black Veil.”   (Not The Scarlet Letter, which wasn’t assigned). Discuss at least 2 symbols found in these two assigned literary works. Your short essay should include at least 1 symbol from each of the 2 above *assigned* literary works by Hawthorne. (Don’t leave out either of the 2 assigned works). Describe each symbol. What IS that symbol—and how is it described by the narrator? What characters are associated with each symbol? What does each symbol seem to represent? Support your answer by discussing specific details of each story. NOTE: Please don’t just provide a list of symbols. Answer in essay form, and devote space to describing what each symbol means, based on events in each story. OPTION 3  Authors:  Emerson and Thoreau    *At the beginning of your essay, note the century each of these authors was writing in; mention at least 1 of their works by name; and the genre of their works that were assigned for this course (as specified in class).  The question: Discuss what each author’s beliefs are, as seen in their assigned writing from this course. What are some of their dominant arguments for how we should live or not live our lives? Support your claims with reference to specific ideas from their assigned literary works. (There isn’t a right or wrong answer; just support your opinion.) 

TRUE or FALSE: In “Self-Reliance,” Emerson praises infancy because babies are born without the desire to conform to society.

TRUE or FALSE: One of the beliefs of transcendentalism that is evident in Emerson’s works is the focus on individualism. 

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil,” Who is the first one who asks Mr. Hooper why he is wearing the veil?

Identify the author of the following passage: Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He would would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it to be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.

TRUE or FALSE: In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil,” according to the story’s narration, wearing the veil made Mr. Hooper a “very efficient clergyman.”

The following quotation from Olaudah Equiano’s narrative includes an example of which literary device? “We were conducted immediately to the merchant’s yard, where we were all pent up together, like so many sheep in a fold, without regard to sex or age” (A-662).