Sir arthur conan doyle's "the contest" is a piece of historical fiction because it focuses on the historical figure of nero and recreates ancient rome and greece. in the story, doyle indicates that the greeks took their cultural performances and art seriously and were good judges of art. which of the following lines from "the contest" best support that claim? ". . but at the same time he understood that only a master of song could receive such a reception from a greek audience." "every greek was a trained critic, and as unsparing in his hisses as he was lavish in his applause." "but now, as the man stopped and wiped the abundant sweat from his fat face, the whole assembly burst into a delirium of appreciation." "soldiers ran to pull him down, and the whole audience was in confusion, some of the bolder cheering the sentiments of the shepherd, and others crying that he should be cast out of the building." "it was all simple and childlike, but it went to the hearts of the olympians, for it spoke of the land which they knew and loved."

the woman's ability to do hard work is by far the best answer.

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)