Speaking and Listening: Evaluating a Speaker — Unit test

Question 14 • IC English 11 - Deering

Which excerpt from "War Message to Congress" expresses President Wilson's opinion?

Answer

Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it.

On the 3rd of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government.

[I]t . . . use[d] its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland.

American ships have been sunk, American lives taken.

Explanation

Choice A states a general judgment about how nations should respond: “Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it.” That expresses Wilson’s opinion. Choices B, C, and D mainly report events or actions, such as Germany’s announcement and the sinking of American ships.

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