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- A
- We are now on this continent, to the astonishment of the world, three
- millions of souls united in one cause. We have large armies, well
- disciplined and appointed, with commanders inferior to none in military
- skill, and superior in activity and zeal. We are furnished with arsenals
- and stores beyond our most sanguine expectations, and foreign nations are
- waiting to crown our success by their alliances.
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- 1. We can infer from this passage that the speaker believes
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- A. the war is over
- B. there will never be a war
- C. his country will win the coming war
- D. his country should avoid war
- E. his country needs better defenses
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- B
- Correct.
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- B
- (C) He believes his country will win the war.
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- B
- The hand of Heaven appears to have led us on to be, perhaps, humble
- instruments and means in the great providential dispensation which is
- completing. We have fled from the political Sodom; let us not look back,
- lest we perish and become a monument of infamy and derision to the world.
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- 1. In this passage, the speaker equates his country with
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- A. Heaven
- B. Lot and his family
- C. a mountain
- D. instruments of divine retribution
- E. a famous monument in London, England
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- C
- Correct.
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- C
- (B) The speaker compares his country with Lot and his family, who fled
- the city of Sodom before it was destroyed.
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- C
- For can we ever expect more unanimity and a better preparation for
- defense; more infatuation of counsel among our enemies, and more valor and
- zeal among ourselves? The same force and resistance which are sufficient
- to procure us our liberties will secure us a glorious independence and
- support us in the dignity of free, imperial states.
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- 1. The speaker is telling his audience that he believes
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- A. they will lose their liberty if they do not sue for peace
- B. their allies are deserting them
- C. if they wait they will have a stronger army
- D. now is the time to fight for independence
- E. valor and zeal alone will not bring victory
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- d
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- D
- Correct.
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- D
- (D) He is telling his listeners that they must act now and fight for freedom.
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- D
- We cannot suppose that our opposition has made a corrupt and
- dissipated nation more friendly to America, or created in them a greater
- respect for the rights of mankind. We can therefore expect a restoration
- and establishment of our privileges, and a compensation for the injuries
- we have received, from their want of power, from their fears, and not
- from their virtues.
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- 1. The speaker is warning his listeners that
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- A. America must be strong to win restoration of privileges
- B. other nations are unfriendly
- C. other nations do not respect the rights of mankind
- D. other nations are not virtuous
- E. America is corrupt and dissipated
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- E
- Correct.
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- E
- (A) Only a strong America can win back her rightful privileges
- from the British.
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- E
- The unanimity and valor which will effect an honorable peace can
- render a future contest for our liberties unnecessary. He who has
- strength to chain down the wolf is a madman if he let him loose without
- drawing his teeth and paring his nails. We have no other alternative
- than independence, or the most ignominious and galling servitude.
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- 1. This passage expresses the speaker's belief that
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- A. victory will make future wars for independence unnecessary
- B. unless victory is achieved, slavery will be the price paid
- for failure
- C. wolves are the biggest threat to independence in this country
- D. B and C
- E. A and B
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- F
- Correct.
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- F
- (E) Victory now will prevent further wars and avoid the prospect of
- slavery.
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