Read the passage from roosevelt's "quarantine"; speech.
how happy we are that the circumstances of the moment permit us to put our money into bridges and boulevards . . and many other kinds of useful works rather than into huge standing armies.
which best identifies an inference made in the passage and evaluates its logic?
a. the inference is that investing in domestic development, like bridges and
boulevards, is a privilege and not a right; it is logical because many other nations at
this time were forced to spend their money to combat foreign attack.
b. the inference is that americans are the happiest people in the world; it is logical
because they are the only people who believe that investing in domestic
development, like bridges and boulevards, is more important than investing in the
military.
c. the inference is that there is a debate over which is more important to fund: armies
or domestic development, like bridges and boulevards; this is illogical because both
are important issues that deserve government funding.
d. the inference is that investing in the military is pointless because it does not
guarantee that you win the war; this is illogical because increased funding can
support a better trained and prepared army that is more likely to triumph.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;