The night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of laburnum villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. father and son were at chess; the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical chances, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. "hark at the wind," said mr. white, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late, was amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it. "i'm listening," said the latter grimly surveying the board as he stretched out his hand. "check." "i should hardly think that he's come tonight," said his father, with his hand poised over the board. "mate," replied the son. why does the author open the story by narrating a game of chess between mr. white and his son, henry?

a) it introduces the reader to the control mrs. white has over the decisions her husband makes later in the story.
b) it teaches the reader that henry's insolence will cost mr. white dearly later in the story.
c) it reminds the reader that chess was an important cultural dimension of england's colonial rule in india.
d) it teaches the reader to expect impulsive behavior from mr. white's interactions with the guest the whites are expecting.

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)

the answer that is correct is the last option.

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