Humanities Homework Help

Read the following passage carefully before you choose your answer.

This passage is taken from a speech given by President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin in 1987.
 

“In the Reichstag a few moments ago, I saw a display commemorating this 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. I was struck by the sign on a burnt-out, gutted structure that was being rebuilt. I understand that Berliners of my own generation can remember seeing signs like it dotted throughout the western sectors of the city. The sign read simply: ‘The Marshall Plan is helping here to strengthen the free world.’ A strong, free world in the West, that dream became real. Japan rose from ruin to become an economic giant. Italy, France, Belgium—virtually every nation in Western Europe saw political and economic rebirth; the European Community was founded.”
 

In this paragraph, the speaker uses juxtaposition to contrast the (5 points)

             

economic   growth around the world compared to Berlin

       

intricacies   of the Marshall Plan with its actual effects

       

experience   of destruction and ruin with that of rebirth and hope

       

past   history of the Berlin Wall with the future of the new Berlin

         

expectation   of economic growth with the statistical reality of it

15. 

Read the following passage carefully before you choose your answer.
 

This passage is taken from the concluding remarks of a speech given by President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin in 1987.
 

(11)And now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom. We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness. Some political prisoners have been released. Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control.
 

(12)Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system without changing it? We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.
 

(13)General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
 

The intended audience can best be described as individuals who (5 points)

             

already   advocate the complete removal of the Berlin Wall

       

fully   support the preservation of the Berlin Wall

       

understand   the historical importance of the Berlin Wall

       

may   be persuaded to support the removal of the Berlin Wall

         

are   apathetic to the plight of the Berliners and the Berlin wall

16. 

Read the following passage carefully before you choose your answer.
 

This passage is taken from the concluding remarks of a speech given by President Ronald Reagan  to the people of West Berlin in 1987.
 

(11)And now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom. We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness. Some political prisoners have been released. Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control.
 

(12)Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system without changing it? We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.
 

(13)General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
 

In paragraph twelve, “freedom,” “security,” and “increased human liberties” suggest that (5 points)

             

the   people of Berlin reject the implementation of these rights

       

the   people of the West reject these values

       

these   ideals are sure proof of Soviet advancements in human rights

       

these   are the ideals that are valued by the West

    

these   ideals are used by the Soviets to control the people of Berlin