You can almost feel your blood pressure soar as you take the long walk down the hall to your boss's office. you remember a rumor you heard about an upcoming round of layoffs. now your mind is racing, your heart is pumping, your blood pressure is soaring, your mouth dries up, your hands feel cold and clammy, your forehead is perspiring and you may even feel a sudden urge to go (to the bathroom). as you imagine your boss firing you, the caveman inside of you wants to come out. maybe you'd like to run and hide or maybe you'd like to punch your boss in the nose, but you can't do either. welcome to the modern era. to verify the accuracy of the physical reactions to stress mentioned in this article, the best reference source to use would be

The answer choices for this question on USA Test Prep is:

A)a textbook used in a health class for college level students  

B)someone suffering from excessive stress who was interviewed and videotaped  

C)the web site that originally produced this article and other health-related articles  

D)a current study on the effects of stress on the body published by a medical journal

So to verify the accuracy of the physical reactions to stress mentioned in the article stated, the best reference source would be (D) a current study on the effects of stress on the body published by a medical journal.

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)