Answer:
(i) Americans are united at time of hardship.
(ii) It concentrates on the diversity of the American society and their unity.
Quindlen's piece was written in context of the aftermath of the terrorist attack of 9/11. It concentrated on how the Americans overcame the trauma.
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Neither. Resistant is hesitant on going on with and yielding is stopping.
I believe the answer is: C) The speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the British government.
we can see it on this line:
<em>Should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent,
be slaves and minions to a . . .</em>
The line above indicate that the writers felt that the colonists have work really hard without receiving proper rewards from the government. This poem is intended to gained support from the readers to support the revolutionary army against the British government.