Part A In "There Will Come Soft Rains," what are the parents doing at the time of the tragedy?
A. They are downstairs in the basement.
B. They are outside working in the garden
OC. They are sitting together in the nursery.
O
D. They are playing bridge at the card table.
Part B
What passage from the story supports the answer to Part A?
O A. Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn. Here, as in a photograph, a woman bent to pick flowers,
B. In the cellar, the incinerator glowed suddenly and a whirl of sparks leaped up the chimney
O
C. Bridge tables sprouted from patio walls. Playing cards fluttered onto pads in a shower of pips.
OD. A voice spoke from the study ceiling: "Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?"

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)

not concrete, existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence