Read this excerpt from winston churchill's "their finest hour" speech: there are many who would hold an inquest in the house of commons on the conduct of the governments . . during the years which led up to this catastrophe [world war ii]. they seek to indict those who were responsible for the guidance of our affairs. this also would be a foolish and pernicious process. . let each man search his conscience and search his speeches. which statement is the most reasonable inference about one of the underlying meanings of this excerpt? a. british leaders are good at making speeches but are incapable of taking action. b. british leaders did not lead the nation well in the years leading up to the war. c. british leaders in the house of commons are too corrupt to govern effectively. d. british leaders were not acting in good faith when they tried to prevent a war.

B.British leaders did not lead the nation well in the years leading up to the war.

In the passage is said that there are inquest in the conduct of governments during the year that lead up to the World War II, showing that there are doubts on how the country was handle during these hard times and Churchill suggest that everyone evaluate their own conscience and speeches, with this we can infer that British leaders did not lead the nation well in the years leading up to the war. The answer is B.

spiderman is cool and epic

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)