What was the purpose of president kennedy’s rice stadium moon speech?
the purpose was to gain financial and political support for a new space program. the purpose was to inform and educate the students at rice university.
the purpose was to entertain the american public with a televised speech.
the purpose was to summarize the progress made by mankind.

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.