Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

the woman with the pink velvet poppies extended her hand at the length of her arm and held it so for all the world to see, until the negro took it, shook it, and gave it back to her.

"oh, how do you do, mr. williams," she said. "well, how do you do. i've just been saying, i've enjoyed your singing so awfully much. i've been to your concerts, and we have you on the phonograph and everything. oh, i just enjoy it! "

she spoke with great distinctness, moving her lips meticulously, as if in parlance with the deaf.

what does this excerpt from "arrangement in black and white" suggest about the woman's behavior?

select all that apply.

a. she wants other people to see her.
b. she feels genuine admiration for the man.
c .she exaggerates her actions in order to prove a point.
d. she is more intent on pleasing herself than she is on pleasing the man.

C .She exaggerates her actions in order to prove a point.

D. She is more intent on pleasing herself than she is on pleasing the man.

Explanation:

She was trying to make other people look at her, and how she was so gracefull with negroes, and that she could admire a negro singer, but she was in fact disgusted by him, was even a little sicked that she enjoyed his talent so much, all of was just an act to appear educated and modern amongher friends in society.

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)

answer: the essay describes the experience of the english narrator, possibly orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in burma.

explanation: