What is the author's purpose in including the following paragraph in his argument about the dangers of human indifference to suffering?We are on the threshold of a new century, a new millennium. What will the legacy of this vanishing century be? How will it be remembered in the new millennium? Surely it will be judged, and judged severely, in both moral and metaphysical terms. These failures have cast a dark shadow over humanity: two World Wars, countless civil wars, the senseless chain of assassinations (Gandhi, the Kennedys, Martin Luther King, Sadat, Rabin), bloodbaths in Cambodia and Algeria, India and Pakistan, Ireland and Rwanda, Eritrea and Ethiopia, Sarajevo and Kosovo; the inhumanity in the gulag and the tragedy of Hiroshima. And, on a different level, of course, Auschwitz and Treblinka. So much violence; so much indifference.A.Wiesel is showing the audience that historical facts are sometimes inaccurate.B.Wiesel is showing the audience times he has suffered from indifference.C.Wiesel is showing how widespread the effects of indifference are.D.Wiesel is showing examples of times people were not indifferent to suffering.

Click to read the passage from "The Perils of Indifference," by Elie Wiesel. Then answer the question.Which of the following evidence from the passage best supports the idea that people have been indifferent to human suffering?A.He was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart.B.Surely it will be judged, and judged severely, in both moral and metaphysical terms.C.two World Wars, countless civil wars, the senseless chain of assassinationsD.We are on the threshold of a new century, a new millennium.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from the conclusion of Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference" speech:Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the human being become less indifferent and more human? Have we really learned from our experiences? Are we less insensitive to the plight of victims of ethnic cleansing and other forms of injustices in places near and far? Is today's justified intervention in Kosovo, led by you, Mr. President, a lasting warning that never again will the deportation, the terrorization of children and their parents, be allowed anywhere in the world? Will it discourage other dictators in other lands to do the same?Which statement best describes Wiesel's use of a rhetorical device?A.Wiesel asks rhetorical questions with the expectation that his audience, the president of the United States, will answer them.B.Wiesel ends his speech with several rhetorical questions to leave the audience with something to think about.C.Wiesel presents himself as an expert on his topic in order to help the audience find him more trustworthy.D.Wiesel uses several metaphors and similes in order to help his audience better understand the suffering he endured.

Read the following paragraph to answer Questions 48 to 50Among the manifold misfortunes that may befall humanity, the loss of health is one of the severest.All the joys, which life can give, cannot outweigh the suffering of the sick. Give the sick maneverything and leave him with his suffering, he will feel half the world is lost to him. Lay him on a softsilken couch he will nevertheless groan sleepless under the presence of his suffering, while themiserable beggar, blessed with health, sleeps sweetly on the hard ground. Spread his table withdainty meals and the choicest drinks and he will thrust back the hand that proffers them, and envy thepoor man who thoroughly enjoys his dry crust. Surround him with the pomp of kings; let his chair be athrone and his crutch a world-swaying scepter, he will look with contemptuous eyes on marble, ongold, on purple, and would deem himself happy, could he enjoy, even were it under a thatched roof,the health of the meanest of his servants.48. What is the opposite of the word ‘contemptuous’?A. AdmiringB. SmilingC. CruelD. Angry.49. A miserable beggar sleeps sweetly on the hard ground because ________.A. he likes hard ground.B. he can’t sleep on a soft silken couch.C. he hates a soft silken couchD. of his good health.50. What is the strongest wish of a sick man?A. To get all the wealth of the world.B. To lie on a soft silken couch.C. To get rid of his suffering or illness.D. To eat sumptuous food.

What is the primary purpose of "The Perils of Indifference"?A.To motivate people to do something when they see other human beings sufferingB.To ask people to remember the Holocaust and to make sure it never happens againC.To thank Americans for all of their help and sacrifices in freeing the Jews during World War IID.To remind people that war criminals are still alive and should be put on trial

Read this passage: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," 1999Which kind of rhetorical appeal is Wiesel most clearly using in this passage?A.PathosB.LogosC.EthosD.Connotation