two who are mostly good.
two who have lived their day,
but keep on putting on their clothes
and putting things away.

which of the following statements can be understood from the characterization in the final two lines of the passage?
a. though the couple is old they are overall still good people.
b. because the couple is old they sometimes put items away more than once.
c. the couple lives life at a slower pace than they used to when they were younger.
d. though the couple is old they are still living their day to day lives.

 D

Explanation:  B and C are easy to rule out. B is easily ruled out because in the passage it doesn't come off with the tone that the couple is putting things away more than once because they're old. 'But keep putting on their clothes' nudges the reader toward, despite being old, the couple is still living life as they usually would when they were young. Making C ruled out easily as well.

Which leaves only A and D. This is where deciding which is right and which is wrong gets tricky. A is only ruled out because the question is 'Which of the following statements can be understood from the characterization in the final two lines of the passage?'

1. Two who are mostly good.

2. Two who have lived their day,

3. But keep on putting on their clothes

4. And putting things away.

The question is asking for the last two lines. So the focus is on 3 and 4, not 1 and 2. 2 gives you the knowledge that the couple is old, but still isn't the focus of the passage. Line 3 shows that the couple is still doing things, and line 4 shows that they are finishing. So they're still living their life as anybody normally would, despite being old.

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)

yes, because if hes blind not deaf