Vocabulary and Grammar help with quiz?

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34. In which sentence is the word who used correctly? (1 point)
Satan, to who all the fallen angels looked for leadership, waited.
Beelzebub, who was second in command, sat near Satan.
Satan fled from God, about who he had learned so much.
Satan, of who you may have heard, was once an angel.

35. Participles are verb forms usually ending in ____. (1 point)
-ly
-ment
-ness
-ing or -ed

36. Which of the following sentences is correct? (1 point)
Lie down that dagger.
Lay down that dagger.
The dagger lie on the table.
Macbeth has gone to lay down.

37. In which of the following sentences do the subject and verb agree? (1 point)
Lady Macbeth, mistress of many servants, are on the way to the banquet hall.
When Banquo and Fleance approached the palace, Banquo were killed.
Fleance escape.
When he first enters the banquet hall, Macbeth appears jocund.

38. Which sentence begins with a subordinate clause? (1 point)
Having failed to rouse interest in other plans, Swift made the proposal.
When the children are born, they will be raised for one year.
While studying the problem, Swift realized that the children need not be wasted.
Of the alternatives available, the commercial use of infants seemed wisest.

39. Which sentence begins with a prepositional phrase? (1 point)
When traveling through Ireland, many poor people were observed.
Although many children would be eaten, enough would be left to refill the stock.
While helping reduce poverty, Swift would also increase the supply of food.
Besides helping the poor, the proposal would help the kingdom of Ireland.

40. Which is the best correction of this run-on sentence?

To find the answer to the question, the knight talked to every woman in the kingdom no answer satisfied him, because no two of them agreed. (1 point)
Change the comma after question to a semicolon and add however.
Add a semicolon after because.
Add a semicolon after kingdom.
Add a semicolon after him.
 
34. The second one
35. the last one
36. the second one
37. the last one
38. the second one
39. the last one
40. the third one

i'm not positive on 38 and 39, but the others should be right
 
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