What does this excerpt demonstrate about the town in which the lottery is held? A. The town is economically dominated by a coal business that backs the lottery
B. The town is hostile, full of people who refuse to help each other in dire times.
C. The town is hopelessly backwards, cut off from other American traditions,
D. The town is a small community where the people know each other well.

C. The town is hopelessly backwards, cut off from other American traditions,

Explanation:

Although you have not shown the excerpt to which the question refers, we can say, based on the short story "the Lottery", that the city where the story takes place is lagging behind American traditions. That's because history shows how other cities have already abandoned the lottery tradition and adopted more modern and less disadvantageous traditions, but the city where the story takes place insists on maintaining the lottery, making it a more shadowy and isolated city from the others .

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)