Read the passage from theseus. theseus always wanted to be a great hero, like hercules, and now what he wanted most was to enter athens worthy of being the son of the king. therefore, although he could have taken a safe journey by sea to athens, he instead chose the dangerous route by land. the route, which passed the six entrances to the underworld, was littered with violent brigands. what aspect of ancient greek daily life does this passage reveal? ocean travel was risky. ocean travel was common. it was unusual to travel to athens. it was common to travel to the underworld.

The passage mentions the availability of ocean travel. It was common among Greeks in ancient times. Sea travel was in favor of Greek people, since they were living near the coastline. The inland was not handy because of the mountains. Daily lives of Greek people was based on sea where they were trading and making most of their fortune. The correct answer is the second option - ocean travel was common.

The correct answer is the second option - ocean travel was common.

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)