1. in "crossroads: a sad vaudeville," the flagman's primary purpose in the play is to? (1 point) a. answer the characters' questions. b. entertain with moments of comic relief. c. provide commentary on the central problem. d. announce the arrival of the trains.
2. in "crossroads: a sad vaudeville," is the woman's worst enemy. (1 point) a. love b. loneliness c. fear d. time for questions 3-5, identify the part of speech underlined in each sentence.
3. put your dirty sheets (inside) the hamper. (1 point) a. preposition b. conjunction c. interjection
4. (gosh)! i can't believe i have to redo my entire essay. (1 point) a. preposition b. conjunction c. interjection
5. i scooped up a large blob of ice cream (and) dropped it in my bowl. (1 point) a. preposition b. conjunction c. interjection

1. ANSWER: C. provide commentary on the central problem.

In the play "Crossroads: A Sad Vaudeville", the flagman's character mainly existed to talk about the central problem or theme of the story, that is the search for love and old age. Along the play we can see him uttering dialogue that pertains to this theme.

2. ANSWER: D. time

In the play, the main enemy of the woman is time, since she's already old yet she still wants to search for love. She meets a man in a train station who was also searching for the "special one"; however, upon seeing the "mask of old age" the man thinks she is not the right one for him.

3. ANSWER: A. preposition

A preposition in a sentence relates a noun to another word. For example, in the sentence, the noun "sheets" is related to the hamper using the word "inside". We can also think of a preposition as something that tells the position of a noun, although there may be special cases when this cannot be applied to.

4. ANSWER: C. interjection

In the sentence, the word "Gosh!" is used as an exclamation. This is exactly what an interjection is. An interjection is an abrupt remark made from shock. Some examples of interjection include "ah!", "oh my!", and other remarks that are clearly meant to interject someone because of pure shock.

5. ANSWER: B. conjunction

The word "and" in the sentence connects two trains of thought or clauses in the sentence. One clause being about the person scooping ice cream and the other one being about him/her dropping it in the bowl. We call these words that connect clauses or sentences conjunction.

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)