Which sentence in this excerpt from john galsworthy's narrative essay "gone" reflects his view that there is no afterlife?
a. a white-washed room, so low that the ceiling almost touched our heads, some flowers in a bowl, the smallest lattice window open.
b. yet, not trying to disappoint it, one felt guilty of treachery: what was the good, the kindness, in making this poor bird flutter still with hope against the bars, when fast prison had so surely closed in round for her?
c. we could not give her those glib assurances that naive sold make so easily to others concerning their after state.
d. but it was long before our hearts, wanderi bf with poor herd, would let us remember that she had slipped away into so beautiful a dream.

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 is the answer for this question.