President roosevelt's fireside chats were intended to provide information and restore the public's confidence at a difficult time in history. what was the cause of the difficulties?
a. failure of the banks, resulting in an economic depression
b. failure in the steel and iron industries after the end of world war i
c. failure of the federal government to provide social security compensation d. failure of the state and local governments to create jobs for all the returning veterans

Read the passage adapted from aesop’s fables. what is the theme of the story?

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following is true about the above excerpt? ethos is used in reference to “dangers and ghosts.” logos is used in saying all men forget and want to forget, because the talmud also praised forgetting. ethos is used in referring to the ancients, the talmud, and god. pathos is used without loaded language.

How does the underlined figurative language contribute to the meaning of the poem?