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Let 2018 Gen Ed A 1
Let 2018 Gen Ed A 1
In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or
failure of our course. Since this country as founded, each generation of Americans has
been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young
Americans into answered the call to service surround the globe.
Now the trumpet summons us again-not as a call to bear arms, though, arms we
need, not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a
long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation," a,
struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and
South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join
me in this historic effort?
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the
role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this
responsibility; I welcome it I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with
any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we
bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that
fire can truly light the world.
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what
you can do for your country.
My Fellow citizens of the world ask not what America will do for you, but what
together we can do for the freedom of man.
185. In the speech, Kennedy paints a picture of the United States as a nation that is
a. longing to return to the past
b. on the brink of world war
c. struggling to survive
d. the leading defender of freedom
186. One of the purposes of the speech is to motivate listeners to
a. serve their country
b. enlist in the armed forces
c. prepare themselves for battle
d. preserve the right to bear arms
187. The speech is characterized by all of the following stylistic devices EXCEPT
a. the use of the personal pronouns we and us to build rapport with listeners
b. catchy turns of phrase in which subjects and objects are inverted
c. a standard, predictable rhythm and the use of rhyme
d. the repetition of key words
188. The tone of the speech can BEST be characterized as
a. sad c. light-hearted
b. uplifting d. sarcastic
1. b
2. d
3. d
4. b
5. d
6. c
7. d
8. d
9. c
10. b
11. b
12. d
13. a
14. a
15. b
16. d
17. a
18. b
19. d
20. a
21. c
22. b
23. d
24. c
25. c
26. b
27. c
28. d
29. a
30. c
31. d
32. a
33. a
34. a
35. b
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37. d
38. a
39. a
40. a
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45. b
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48. c
49. d
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51. c
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55. c
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59. d
60. d
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64. c
65. c
66. e
67. c
68. c
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73. d
74. a
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84. c
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94. c
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100. d
101. a
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103. c
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110. c
111. c
112. b
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115. d
116. c
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118. d
119. b
120. c
121. d
122. d
123. b
124. d
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126. d
127. b
128. c
129. d
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131. c
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133. b
134. c
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142. d
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151. d
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185. d
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188. b
189. c
190. a
191. c
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195. a
196. d
197. b
198. a
199. c
200. B