It has been a long road and I would not say this were it not true that we had exhausted all possible Alternatives. But the threat is growing in the eastern front as well as the western front, and our military capacity is simply not enough to avoid being overwhelmed. We have therefore agreed to come to peace terms with our enemy. A sad day to be sure, but one will be only a footnote in our long and glorious history as a nation. Which is one likely purpose of the speech, based on the excerpt above?
A. To surrender to the enemy
B. To persuade citizens to sacrifice more
C. To chastise those who dissent
D. To explain a difficult decision

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky