Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles.
the cia planning was extraordinary. questions were asked. problems were anticipated, solutions suggested. with information provided by an informant in the soviet state-run telephone operation, the u. s. knew that the spot they needed to reach with the tunnel was under schonefelder chaussee, a major highway that ran along the southern edge of berlin.
which statement best describes the author’s viewpoint in the passage?
a. the us government planned a spy mission in eastern germany to obtain information.
b. the us government’s skillful use of research and intelligence enabled a vital spy mission.
c. the united states worked with other allied countries to create a tunnel under a highway in berlin.
d. the united states violated international rules of diplomacy when spying on the russians in berlin.

B. The US government’s skillful use of research and intelligence enabled a vital spy mission.

I used process of elimination to answer this question. Option A can be eliminated because the mission wasn't just planned it was executed. Option B is the best because the paragraph is showing the US government's efforts in researching and gathering intelligence. It says that they asked a lot of questions, anticipated problems, and gained information from an informant. Option C can be eliminated because they did not "work with other Allied countries" in this excerpt. Option D is also incorrect because this passage does not refer to international rules.

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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)