In “The Minister’s Black Veil,” is Parson Hooper guilty of a secret sin? Or is his black veil a symbol only of the sins of his congregation? Explain your reasoning.

What is the operation that is mentioned in “Hills Like White Elephants”?

Match the term with its defintion/

The elasticity of Roger’s All Natural Super Sour Hard Candy is 2.25. The elasticity for generic sour hard candy is likely to be:

The price of fountain pens increased 5%, and as a result, the quantity demanded of fountain pens fell 4%. What is the elasticity for fountain pens? Is it elastic or inelastic?

Jasmin decided to start washing windows on her street. The other kids in the neighborhood noticed Jasmin was making a lot of money washing windows. These kids decided to open their own window washing businesses. When they opened their own businesses, the equilibrium price ________, and the equilibrium quantity ________.

There are two categories of written texts in Early Hinduism.  One category are those scriptures that were revealed to the early rishis or sages. The name for these mean “What is heard,” and it was orally recited by priests for centuries before being written down. The other category is literature formed after this and passed down in written form. The name of these mean “What is remembered,” and sometimes are explaining the previous category.  What are the two names of these categories. 

In many religions around the world, usually not the world religions, there is a pattern of a ritual specialist.  This ritual specialist has a number of common qualities.  They act as an intermediary between Humans and the spirit realm.  sometimes called “medicine man,” “soul doctor,” or “witch doctor.” Becoming this sort of ritual specialist usually involves an apprenticeship and a vision quest. People seek these ritual specialists out to help them solve problems. Sometimes these are related to hunting, or seeking protections from dangerous spirits.  What is the name of these ritual specialists?

In the Chandogya Upanishad, 6.13 a conversation between a brahmin father and son is recorded, here is what they said:  Put this chunk of salt in a container of water and come back tomorrow.’ The son did as he was told, and his father said to him: “The chunk of salt you put in the water last evening – bring it here.’ He groped for it but could not find it, as it had dissolved completely.  ‘Now, take a sip from this corner,’ said the father. ‘How does it taste?’ ‘Salty.’ ‘Take a sip from the center. — How does it taste?’ ‘Salty.’ ‘Take a sup from that corner. – How does it taste?’ ‘Salty.’ ‘Throw it out, and come back later.’ He did as he was told and found that the salt was always there. The Father told him: ‘You, of course, did not see it there, son; yet it was always right there. The finest essence here — that constitutes the self of this whole world; that is truth; that is the self (atman). And that’s how you are. Shvetaketu!’ What relation between two things is this Upanishad attempting to explain?

What two major things does Kirshna teach Arjuna in The Bhagavad Gita?