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What is Wiesel trying to do in this passage?
A. Ask why the United States didn't send more troops to Germany
B. Provide evidence that a thousand Jews were killed on the St. Louis
C. Show an example of the United States' indifference to the plight of the Jews
D. Offer his sympathies on the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Answer 1

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The depressing tale of the St. Louis is a case in point. Sixty years ago, its human cargo nearly 1,000 Jews was turned back to Nazi Germany. And that happened after the Kristallnacht, after the first state sponsored pogrom, with hundreds of Jewish shops destroyed, synagogues burned, thousands of people put in concentration camps. And that ship, which was already in the shores of the United States, was sent back. I don't understand. Roosevelt was a good man, with a heart. He understood those who needed help. Why didn't he allow these refugees to disembark? A thousand people in America, the great country, the greatest democracy, the most generous of all new nations in modern history. What happened? I don't understand. Why the indifference, on the highest level, to the suffering of the victims?

Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

hmm i think its C

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The depressing tale of the St. Louis is a case in point. Sixty years ago, its human cargo nearly 1,000 Jews was turned back to Nazi Germany. And that happened after the Kristallnacht, after the first state sponsored pogrom, with hundreds of Jewish shops destroyed, synagogues burned, thousands of people put in concentration camps. And that ship, which was already in the shores of the United States, was sent back.

Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999
How is Wiesel establishing logos in this passage from "The Perils of Indifference"?
A. He gives a specific example of a tragedy caused by indifference.
B. He appeals to the audience's emotions by recalling a sad event.
C. He asks the audience to feel bad about what happened to the St. Louis.
D. He uses a rhetorical question to focus attention on his purpose.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

ill say A

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And so, once again, I think of the young Jewish boy from the Carpathian Mountains. He has accompanied the old man I have become throughout these years of quest and struggle. And together we walk towards the new millennium, carried by profound fear and extraordinary hope.

Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999
In the conclusion, the reminder that Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor helps reestablish:
A. contrast, because the reminder links young and old.
B. logos, because the reminder appeals to emotion.
C. pathos, because the reminder gives specific facts.
D. ethos, because the reminder adds to Wiesel's credibility.

Answer 9

ill say D

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Which behavior is not appropriate for a rhetorical situation such as speaking at the White House?

A. Making a lot of eye contact with the audience
B. Using a calm and serious tone to give the speech
C. Gently challenging the assumptions of the audience
D. Being highly aggressive toward the audience

Answer 11

B and C

Answer 12

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Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town in the Carpathian Mountains woke up, not far from Goethe's beloved Weimar, in a place of eternal infamy called Buchenwald. He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart. He thought there never would be again. Liberated a day earlier by American soldiers, he remembers their rage at what they saw. And even if he lives to be a very old man, he will always be grateful to them for that rage, and also for their compassion. Though he did not understand their language, their eyes told him what he needed to know that they, too, would remember, and bear witness.

Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999
In the introduction of "The Perils of Indifference," how does Wiesel appeal directly to his U.S. audience?
A. He reprimands the other countries who refused to do anything to help him or the Jewish people.
B. He thanks the U.S. soldiers for their sacrifices in helping to free him from the concentration camp.
C. He talks about the horrors he witnessed as a young child in the concentration camps.
D. He asks for the United States' help in tracking down the men who were responsible for the Holocaust.

Answer 13

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