Doctor Pascal
by Emile Zola
In the heat of the glowing July afternoon, the room with blinds carefully closed, was full of a From the three windows, through the cracks of
the old wooden shutters, came only a few scattered sunbeams which, in the midst of the o r d er oft brightness that bathed surrounding
objects in a diffused and tender light. It was cool here in comparison with the overpowering that that was felt outside, under the fierce rays of the sun
that blazed upon the front of the house.
Standing before the press which faced the windows, Dr. Pascal was looking for a paper that he had come in search of with doors wide open, this immense
press of carved oak, adorned with strong and handsome mountings of metal, dating from the last century, displayed within its capacious depths an
extraordinary collection of papers and manuscripts of all sorts, piled up in confusion and filling every shelf to overflowing. For more than thirty years the
doctor had thrown into it every page he wrote, from brief notes to the complete texts of his great works on heredity. Thus it was that his searches here
were not always easy. He rummaged patiently among the papers, and when he at last found the one he was looking for, he smiled
For an instant longer he remained near the bookcase, reading the note by a golden sunbeam that came to him from the middle window. He himself in this
dawnlike light, appeared, with his snow white hair and beard, strong and vigorous, although he was near sixty, his color was so fresh, his features were so
finely cut his eyes were still so clear, and he had so youthful an air that one might have taken him, in his close-fitting, maroon velvet jacket, for a young
man with powdered hair
Which phrase best describes Dr. Pascal's attitude in the scene described by this passage? (5 points)

Self conscious

Frustrated

Absent minded

Peaceful

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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)