The answer is probably b or c.
I think the answer is B.) "Okay, Becky, let's assume for a moment you fail this test again. What is the worst thing that could happen?"
The figure of speech, if I am not mistaken is personification. JFK is stating that the country can do something(implying human characteristics), but the country CAN'T literally do something for you in the way that is implied.
<em>The Earth probably compares in orbital speed to other planets because;</em>
A. The Earth moves faster than the planets that are farther from the sun.
<u>This is because Kepler's second law says that on its orbit, a planet will sweep equal areas in equal amounts of time. </u>
<u>Thus means that when the Earth is closer to the Sun, it's moving faster than when it is farther away.</u>
