C2-MCQ Reading-JFK Inaugural

assert his control over his party.

characterize his audience as thoughtful people who value freedom over all else.

argue that too much engagement with party politics is actually harmful to the cause of freedom.

acknowledge and embrace those in the audience who were not of his party or who may not have voted for him.

appeal to the authority of history in an attempt to assert his power.

imply that he has already made history and will be remembered as one of the great forebears of this country.

appeal to the audience members’ combined sense of history and commitment to freedom and the rights of man.

appeal to the emotional need that many people in his audience feel to reject the expectations of historical figures and pave their own path.

establish the need for his audience to accept change in a world that is always changing.

distinguish between those who need to change and those who want to change.

undermine efforts by other countries to resist working together.

describe the fears that many in America feel toward the changing world and how that changing world sees them.

humanity would rather slowly destroy itself than seek peace.

some people must die for the cause of peace.

some countries would rather destroy all of humanity than to lose a conflict to another country.

all countries must seek peace or risk the destruction of mankind.

The American people and countries around the world

The American people and members of the United Nations

The American people as a whole

Adversarial countries and members of the United Nations

'For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life' (paragraph 2).

'Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty' (paragraph 4).

'This much we pledge — and more' (paragraph 5).

'If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich' (paragraph 8).

To reach across party lines in an attempt to unify the people of the United States and prepare the country for the likelihood of nuclear war

To address our allies around the world and unify them against the adversaries of freedom and human rights while also preparing for the self-destruction of humanity

To affirm the devotion of the United States to the United Nations and its member countries, including commitment to mutual protection

To unify those across the United States behind him as the president, comfort allies, show strength to adversaries, and seek peaceful and civil relationships around the world

The threat of nuclear war

The beginning of new leadership in the United States and a need to unify people who had been opposed to one another during an election

An adversarial election that saw many people angry and threatening to use nuclear weapons on one another

The failure of the previous president to protect the people and allies of the United States despite the threats of war and destruction