Question

Read this sentence from the passage:

Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

What effect does Kennedy mean for this reference to battle to have on the readers?

Answer 1

To ask them to join in the struggle against enemy nations

To encourage them to support those serving in the military

To inspire them to work together toward a common good

To warn them that war with aggressive nations is about to happen

Answer 2

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