Question

Read the excerpt from the Crisis, number IV.

Answer 1

Correct answer choice is :

A) To remind readers that they must take action immediately to succeed against the British

Explanation:

The American Crisis is a compilation list by eighteenth-century Enlightenment scholar and author, Thomas Paine, basically printed from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. Paine also used testimonials to God, saying that a war against the Kingdom of Great Britain would be a war with the support of God.

Answer 2

Well, it's actually pretty simple. You see, the words hour and spring are often used with various meanings in the first place. 
The answer would be A, because 'hour' refers vaguely as time, and 'spring' in this case is not a body of water, but an action.