Now go match that, you young pups, and straightaway
i'll hurl you another just as far, i swear, or even farther!
all the rest of you, anyone with the spine and spirit,
step right up and try me – you've incensed me so.

who is speaking in the passage above?

a: telemachus

b: laodamas

c: odysseus

d: alcinous

This passage is from Book VIII, Revelations, when the King of Alcinous said that the Phaeacians would gather for the Olympics, where disciplines were boxing, jumping, wrestling, or discarding. There the king began to tell Odysseus that he would be able to speak when he arrived home, as far as Phaeacians surpassed the world. In fact, the King began to provoke Odyssey, who, after some of the discipline was completed, was on the line to throw the disc, Odyssey throwing the disk far better than the previous, said this passage.

The answer is: C. Odysseus

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)