Read the conclusion about “the beginnings of the maasai,” and then answer the question.

one purpose of “the beginnings of the maasai” is to explain the weather.

which excerpt best justifies this conclusion?

the sky god is powerful, but can change from nurturing to vengeful depending on our behavior.
sometimes enkai is enkai narok, the black god, happy with us and blanketing the sky with dark clouds that pour out rain to nourish the plains.
in these times, the sun grows incredibly hot until the earth dries up and becomes barren.
my father tells me that the eruption was so violent that it broke the earth away from the sky and flung enkai and all of the cattle high up into the heavens.

Sometimes Enkai is Enkai Narok, the Black God, happy with us and blanketing the sky with dark clouds that pour out rain to nourish the plains.

Out of the possible options, this is the only answer that links both the mythological elements of "The Beginnings of the Maasai" and the weather phenomena that the myth explains. The sentence states that Enkai Narok is considered the "Black God" and that when he is happy with the Maasai, he sends them rain to nourish the land. This shows that one purpose of the myth is to explain the weather.

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)