Choose the sentence that best uses an antonym as a context clue to clarify the meaning of the italicized words. She tried to quell the noise, but the car alarm continued to ring.
He did not want to assert himself, so he went home after an hour.
I really don't wish to intrude, but everyone is irritated at the neighbor's howling dog.
The students cheered for the team with a vengeance while eating popcorn.

The answer would be A because it is the only one that uses an antonym to clarify the meaning of the italicized word. Quell is the antonym of continuing to ring. Antonym means opposite.

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)