Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of the travels of marco polo. you may take it for a fact that the people of this country live on dates and salt fish, of which they enjoy abundant supplies. but admittedly there are some among them, men of wealth and consequence, who eat foods of better quality. which statement best reflects the author’s opinion about dates and salt fish? the people of the country live on dates and salt fish. the supply of dates and salt fish in the country is abundant. dates and salt fish are not high-quality foods. there are men of wealth and consequence in this country.

The correct answer is option three.

Since the author uses the expression "better quality", it is understandable that, even though people in the country enjoy having the benefit or use of consuming a large number of dates and salt fish, men of wealth and relevance happen to eat or ingest food of higher characteristics and distinction. As a result, these important people have the opportunity to consume superior products other than what most people in the country do.

The correct answer is C

Explanation:

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)