Gilgamesh, hearing his beloved friend,
came to himself. he yelled, he lifted
his massive axe, he swung it, it tore
into humbaba’s neck, the blood
shot out, again the axe bit flesh
and bone, the monster staggered, his eyes
rolled, and at the axe’s third stroke
he toppled like a cedar and crashed to the ground.
at his death-roar the mountains of lebanon shook,
the valleys ran with his blood, for ten miles
the forest resounded. then the two friends
sliced him open, pulled out his intestines,
cut off his head with its knife-sharp teeth
and horrible bloodshot staring eyes.
which statement best paraphrases evidence to support the conclusion that gilgamesh is a fierce warrior?
a humbaba is so terrified of gilgamesh that he lets out a “death-roar” that makes the mountains of lebanon shake.
b after hearing enkidu’s encouraging words, gilgamesh feels like himself again and begins to yell and swing his axe.
c humbaba is so wounded that he staggers around before crashing to the ground like a falling cedar tree.
d after attacking and killing humbaba with his axe, gilgamesh assists in slicing him open, removing his intestines, and cutting off his head.

D After attacking and killing Humbaba with his axe, Gilgamesh assists in slicing him open, removing his intestines, and cutting off his head.

This best supports the conclusion that Gilgamesh is a fierce warrior. In the paraphrase, Gilgamesh kills a ferocious best and cuts him up. The best proves his strength and ferocity. Option A does show that Gilgamesh can be terrifying but not really why. Needing encouraging words to continue on is not as convincing for fierce warrior status as him cutting of his enemy's head. Option C does not state anything about Gilgamesh.

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)