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Hi everyone pls hurry this is due in 1.5 hrs Reread paragraphs 6–8 of the speech. Then answer the multiple-choice questions that follow.

From “Self-Made Men” by Frederick Douglass
6 Our best and most valued acquisitions have been obtained either from our contemporaries or from those who have preceded us in the field of thought and discovery. We have all either begged, borrowed or stolen. We have reaped where others have sown, and that which others have strown, we have gathered. It must in truth be said, though it may not accord well with self-conscious individuality and self-conceit, that no possible native force of character, and no depth of wealth and originality, can lift a man into absolute independence of his fellowmen, and no generation of men can be independent of the preceding generation. The brotherhood and inter-dependence of mankind are guarded and defended at all points. I believe in individuality, but individuals are, to the mass, like waves to the ocean. The highest order of genius is as dependent as is the lowest. It, like the loftiest waves of the sea, derives its power and greatness from the grandeur and vastness of the ocean of which it forms a part. We differ as the waves, but are one as the sea. To do something well does not necessarily imply the ability to do everything else equally well. If you can do in one direction that which I cannot do, I may in another direction, be able to do that which you cannot do. Thus the balance of power is kept comparatively even, and a self-acting brotherhood and inter-dependence is maintained.

7 Nevertheless, the title of my lecture is eminently descriptive of a class and is, moreover, a fit and convenient one for my purpose, in illustrating the idea which I have in view. In the order of discussion I shall adopt the style of an old-fashioned preacher and have a "firstly," a "secondly," a "thirdly," a "fourthly" and, possibly, a "conclusion."

8 My first is, "Who are self-made men?" My second is, "What is the true theory of their success?" My third is, "The advantages which self-made men derive from the manners and institutions of their surroundings," and my fourth is, "The grounds of the criticism to which they are, as a class, especially exposed."

Which sentence from the excerpt best expresses the author’s message in this part of the text?
A. “We have all either begged, borrowed or stolen.”
B. “I believe in individuality, but individuals are, to the mass, like waves to the ocean.”
C. “In the order of discussion I shall adopt the style of an old-fashioned preacher and have ‘firstly,’ a ‘secondly,’ a ‘thirdly,’ a ‘fourthly’ and, possibly, a ‘conclusion.’”
D. My first is, "Who are self-made men?" My second is, "What is the true theory of their success?”

Based on this excerpt, the audience of the text can be inferred to be—
A. people interested in the practices of preachers.
B. people interested in the values of American society.
C. people interested in the achievements of individuals.
D. people interested the biography of Frederick Douglass.

Which of the following is a term that the author uses effectively to achieve his purpose?
A. “sown”
B. “inter-dependence”
C. “grandeur”
D. “lecture”

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