Which pronoun best completes the sentence? to do you refer? select one of the options below as your
a. who
b. whose
c. whom
d. who’s

To c. whom do you refer?

Explanation:

Whom is a pronoun that refers to the object of a verb or preposition (like to and from), meaning that this pronoun does not perform the main action, but instead, it receives the action. Therefore, when answering questions with "whom", the answer may be expressed with object pronouns, namely, me, us, you, him, her, its, them.

In the question, whom is the correct option because it is the object of the preposition to, and if we were to answer the question, we would have to express the question with an object pronoun. For example:

Question: To whom do you refer?

I refer to him.

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)