Questions 11-20. Read the following passage from Thomas Paine’s The Crisis (1776) carefully before you choose your answers. When
Paine begins his speech with the phrase “These are the times that try men’s souls,” he is suggesting that — Select one:
a. men, not women, will bear the brunt of the action to come
b. colonists are living in a period that will force them to show their true characters
c. it is likely that a period of boredom and inertia awaits the colonists
d. those who fight in the revolution will be saved; others will be d a mn ed
When Paine begins his speech with the phrase “These are the times that try men’s souls,” he is suggesting that b. colonists are living in a period that will force them to show their true characters
<h3>What is a Narration?</h3>
This refers to the use of words to show the sequence of events in a given story.
Hence, we can see that based on the given text, there is the narration by Thomas Paine about the coming events that would try the souls of men and he is suggesting that colonists are living in a period that will force them to show their true characters.
Try replacing the word woman with any of those four words. Try to simplify the passage over all, and which ever one makes sense, is the right one. I'm assuming weakness is correct, because it says "therefore i forbid my tears" claiming they wont cry, and in this world, crying is a sign of weakness. But i would just get a few more opinions on it :)
