Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry.The realm shall not remain destitute of any heir that may be a fit governour, and peradventure more beneficial to the realm, than such offspring as may come of me: For though I be never so careful of your well-doing, and mind ever so to be, yet may my issue grow out of kind, and become perhaps ungracious.
Answer
A
She relies on logos by listing for Parliament some of her personal reasons for wanting to remain unmarried and childless.
B
She relies on pathos by attempting to make the members of Parliament feel sorry for her and the fact that she is unmarried and childless.
C
She relies on logos by providing reasons why Parliament should not worry about the fact that she is unmarried and childless.
D
She relies on pathos by making the members of Parliament feel foolish for worrying about the fact that she is unmarried and childless.
Explanation
Elizabeth uses reasoning to address Parliament’s concern: the realm can have a fit ruler even if she has no child, and her own offspring might not make a good ruler. These reasons reassure Parliament that her remaining unmarried and childless would not necessarily harm the realm. This is an appeal to logos, not an attempt to evoke pity or make Parliament feel foolish.
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