Reread the following excerpt about the finches of the grove. …we put ourselves down for election into a club called the finches of the grove: the object of which institution i have never divined, if it were not that the members should dine expensively once a fortnight, to quarrel among themselves as much as possible after dinner, and to cause six waiters to get drunk on the stairs. what's the narrator's attitude toward this club? a. he believes it's a prestigious club for the elite of society. b. he's indifferent to the club, but joins because of herbert. c. he has a low opinion of its purpose and members. d. he joins only because estella told him to.

From this excerpt we can infer that the narrator doesn't have a good attitude towards the club or its members, he claims that he never really knew what was the object of the institution, other than to dine expensively and quarrel with each other. Therefore the right answer is letter C, he has a low opinion of the club's purpose and its members.

the answer is a . the absence of love

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)