Please help Zhang always wanted to get into the elite music school, Julliard. From
the age of three, she practiced the piano four hours a day, and she
quickly surpassed every pianist her age that she knew. However, her
application to Julliard was rejected. She cried and cried for hours.
Which conclusion most logically resolves the plot of the story?
A. Zhang abandons music and becomes a painter, to which she is
better suited
B. Zhang applies to Julliard again, and she is miraculously accepted
for some reason.
C. Zhang eventually discovers that loving music is its own reward.
D. Zhang learns that hard work, not just talent is necessary to be a
great musician.

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)

b. our party quickly made its way into the cave / but we failed to find our host [the cyclops] himself inside.

i believe that the answer is true.