In "the story of baba abdalla," how does meeting baba abdalla and being asked to box him on the ear affect the caliph?
a.
it disgusts and disappoints the caliph.
b.
it annoys and angers the caliph.
c.
it greatly amuses and delights the caliph.
d.
it puzzles and interests the caliph.

D. It puzzles and interests the caliph.

Explanation:

"The Story of Baba Abdalla" is one of the 1001 Nights' stories. Its central theme is how dangerous it is to be greedy. The character and narrator Abdalla, who was already a rich man, reveals himself insatiable when a dervish reveals the location of a treasure to him. At first, Abdalla agrees to share the treasure with the dervish. Later on, he decides to convince the man to give him everything, including a box containing a special ointment. When applied to the left eye, the ointment reveals the location of treasures all over the world. However, when applied to the right eye, it makes the person blind instantly. Abdalla's greed has taken control of his heart, so he has the ointment applied to both his eyes and ends up blind forever.

After narrating this story to the caliph, he adds that, to punish himself for his sins, Abdalla asks people to slap him. The caliph is not disgusted, angered, nor even amused by this. He is simply puzzled and interested. In his opinion, Abdalla has already suffered a great deal and does not need to be punished any longer. Note the excerpt below:

When the blind man had ended the Caliph addressed him: “Baba-Abdalla, truly your sin is great, but you have suffered enough. Henceforth repent in private, for I will see that enough money is given you day by day for all your wants.”

At these words Baba-Abdalla flung himself at the Caliph’s feet, and prayed that honor and happiness might be his portion for ever.

the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.

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)