According to many versions of the tale, the mine is either cursed or protected by mysterious protectors who wish to keep the mine's location a secret. is the mine real? is it simply myth? several historians and authors have noted that even if the story is just that – a story – many parts of the tale have a basis in fact. waltz never had more than a few gold nuggets at a time, even though rumors flew around that he headed off into the mountains whenever he needed money. it’s possible that even if it did exist, it will never be found, because waltz hid the entrance so well. which of the following is the best replacement for the words “flew around”? a. were spoken c. abounded b. persisted d. existed

Your answer is C. Abounded

The answer is: a. were spoken

In the except flew around is referred to the rumors surrounded, fly around mean that the rumors or comment as pass person to person causing excitement, it does not mean that the rumors were a lot (abounded) or that were difficult to dissipate (persisted), the rumors were spoken between the people.

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)

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.