Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

(5) And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich, -- yes, richer than a king, --
(10) And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything,
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
(15) And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
Which statement BEST describes the character of Richard Cory?
A) The people of the town worked hard, and Richard Cory rewarded them for this.
B) Richard Cory enjoyed the admiration of the townspeople and spent time conversing with them each day.
C) Richard Cory was the richest man in town, and he enjoyed showing off in front of the people of the town.
D) Although he appeared to be pleasant, successful, and rich, Richard Cory must have been very unhappy since he killed himself.

C) Richard Cory was the richest man in town, and he enjoyed showing off in front of the people of the town.

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)

i would have to say "a" or "d".