The renaissance lasted from roughly the fourteenth century to as late as the seventeenth century and describes a time period in which

question 1 options:

art and intellectual activity flourished in europe

rome fell

people lived in a feudal society

creativity was looked down upon

First Option: Art and intellectual activity flourished in Europe

Explanation:

The Renaissance (French - rebirth) is period of cultural, artistic, intellectual, political and economic flourishing which took place in Europe from fourteenth to seventeenth century. It is called Renaissance because it was rediscovery (rebirth) of classical philosophy, literature and art of ancient Rome and Greece.

Second option is incorrect because fall or decline of Rome was completed in 476, some ten centuries (A millennium) before The Renaissance.

Third option is incorrect because as a result of The Renaissance, Europe exited from Feudalism and started adopting a society based on merchants and commerce.

Fourth option is incorrect because creativity was one of the elements of The Renaissance.

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)

the mending wall was written by robert frost