Read the excerpt from "perseus." for a time she kept his birth secret from her father, but it became increasingly difficult to do so in the narrow limits of that bronze house and finally one day the little boy—his name was perseus—was discovered by his grandfather. “your child! ” acrisius cried in great anger. “who is his father? ” but when danaë answered proudly, “zeus,” he would not believe her.

which greek hero characteristic is presented in this excerpt?

a. having a goddess mother

b. keeping a family secret

c. living in an unusual home

d. having a special birth

D. having a special birth

D. having a special birth

Explanation:

As stated in the excerpt from "Perseus," Danaë keeps his baby secretly within the house and finally confesses that the father of the boy is the god Zeus. Before that, Acrisius, king of Argos, wished to have a son and, instead, was warned that he would be killed by his daughter's son. As a consequence, he locked Danaë in an open air bronze chamber in his palace, but Zeus made her pregnant by coming down as a shower of gold.

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)