15 point need answer asap! he knew i would have terrible problems and wanted me to know the extent of them before i agreed to the plan. i was twenty-six years old, and all my life – back to the age of eight–i had believed in payback, retaliation. the most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity. i looked at mr. rickey guardedly, and in that second i was looking at him not as a partner in a great experiment, but as the enemy –a white man. i had a question, and it was the age-old one about whether or not you sell your birthright. "mr. rickey," i asked, "are you looking for a negro who is afraid to fight back? " i never will forget the way he exploded. "robinson," he said, "i'm looking for a ballplayer with guts enough not to fight back." which statement best summarizes this excerpt? a. before accepting rickey’s offer, robinson confirms that rickey respects him as a strong black man. b. before becoming partners with rickey, robinson discusses what he will be paid for his efforts. c. when robinson studies rickey’s plan, he decides that rickey is an enemy who cannot be trusted. d. when robinson argues with rickey, rickey insists that there is no reason to disagree with his plan.

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)