Is a mother's love strong enough to cause the destruction of masterpieces worth millions of dollars? if the
confession of the mother of an accused art thief is to be believed, the answer is yes. the story begins in october
of 2012, when works by picasso, monet, matisse, and others were stolen from a museum in the netherlands. in
july of 2013, olga dogaru disclosed that her son hid the stolen art in her tiny romanian town. when he was
arrested, she decided to remove the evidence that could connect him to the crime. she placed all the paintings in
a wood-burning stove and set them afire. initial forensic investigation of the stove indicates that dogaru is telling
the truth and the art was burned.
what is the main idea of this passage?
a a mother's love led to the theft of millions of dollars of artistic masterpieces.
b. paintings worth millions of dollars were recovered from a tiny romanian town.
c. stolen art was probably destroyed when a mother burned paintings to protect her son
d. the investigation of an art theft in october of 2012 has led to the arrest of the suspect's mother.
e i don't know

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)

b. our party quickly made its way into the cave / but we failed to find our host [the cyclops] himself inside.

may i you with anything?

it is c through the rain, the cheetah dashed.