Part A What is Obama's purpose in the speech?
to persuade the audience to support the Lincoln Presidential library
O to explain why Lincoln continues to affect American culture
Oto persuade the audience that Lincoln was an effective president
O to argue that Lincoln should be remembered as a model American
Part B
Which evidence best supports the response in Part A?
O "It serves us, then, to reflect on whether that element of Lincoln's character, and the American character..." (paragraph 9)
"He did not equivocate or duck or pass the challenge on to future generations." (paragraph 8)
O "Lincoln reminds us that our essential greatness is not the shadow of sophistication or popularity or wealth.." (paragraph 10)
O "Let me congratulate all of those who have helped to make this wonderful vision a reality." (paragraph 1)

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Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt