Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 2. DECIUS. Caesar, all hail! Good morrow, worthy Caesar.
I come to fetch you to the Senate House.

CAESAR. And you are come in very happy time
To bear my greeting to the senators
And tell them that I will not come today.65
Cannot is false, and that I dare not, falser.
I will not come today; tell them so, Decius.

CALPURNIA. Say he is sick.

CAESAR. Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest stretched mine arm so far,70
To be afraid to tell greybeards the truth?
Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come.

What does the image of "in conquest stretched mine arm so far” suggest about the meaning of the passage?

Caesar’s arms are tired from battle, and he wants to stay home from the Senate.
It is ridiculous that a man who has won so many battles would be afraid to tell the truth.
A man who is ill should honor how he feels and not lie about it to others.
Caesar has grown old and should consider spending more time at home.

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maybe c

Explanation:

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)