He had come out of the war with five inestimable blessings—his head, his wife maria's head and the heads of three out of their four children. as a bonus he also had his old bicycle—a miracle too but naturally not to be compared to the safety of five human heads. .

it was unbelievable. he rubbed his eyes and looked again and it was still standing there before him. but, needless to say, even that monumental blessing must be accounted also totally inferior to the five heads in the family. this newest miracle was his little house in ogui overside.

which claim could use the excerpts given above as textual support?

a. although the civil war is over, the new "civil peace" is just as violent.
b. jonathan understands that he can live without things, but he cannot live without his family.
c. although jonathan is glad the war is over, he would have been happier if it never happened.
d. jonathan optimistically expected his entire family to come out of the war uninjured.

*really trying to pass this unit test for my online course, very agitating

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)