Over the years, Carson told his favorite jokes to all of his friends. He had no problem repeating the jokes, but his friends began to feel that Carson’s comedic ability was becoming stagnant. Carson had not come up with anything new in a long while. Therefore, his friends balked at listening to those same jokes again. So, Carson found himself interrupted by his friends when he started a joke. He was completely puzzled by their behavior. 1
Based on the context of the passage, the meaning of the word balked is
A.
refused to deal with something.
B.
were stopped by an obstacle.
C.
stopped short and not proceed.
D.
prevented a plan from happening.

abdv

Explanation:

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)

b. failure at least that one seems the most negative out of all of the answers provided pls correct me if i'm wrong. : ))