: Did you know that Colfax Avenue is _the__ longest continuous street in _the_ United States?

Did you know that [nothing] Colfax Avenue is the longest continuous street in the United States.

The should always be used with United States. Also, Many the in a sentence looks awkward so we'll just use 2 here.

can i see the painting?

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.