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PART A: Which TWO of the following statements best express the central ideas of the text?
Unstable stock market bubbles can be one of the most dangerous threats to a
country's economy.
Because of his inability to prevent the Great Depression, President Hoover is
broadly considered an ineffective president.
The Great Depression was one of the greatest economic crises in American
history and had far-reaching effects, even beyond U. S. borders.
The Great Depression severely impacted the daily lives of all Americans, except
the upper class who went on largely unscathed.
FDR's reforms helped bring about the end of the Great Depression and continue
to shape American economic policies today.
Heavy federal involvement in the economy - as seen in the New Deal - is
crucial to continued economic growth.

glamis thou art, and cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promis'd; yet do i fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition; but without the illness should attend it. what thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great glamis, that which cries, "thus thou must do, if thou have it: and that which rather thou dost fear to do than wishest should be undone." hie thee hither, that i may pour my spirits in thine ear; and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crown'd withal.  

he lacks ambition.  

he is hesitant.  

he lacks courage.  

he has moral scruples.