Inactive Tutor answered • 07/04/19
Answer Choice C is the correct answer because Lines 1-5 say, “Fellow-Citizens: It is a noble land that God has given us; a land that can feed and clothe the world; a land whose coast lines would enclose half the countries of Europe; [...].” These Lines most clearly tell us what Beveridge thinks about ‘the resources and immensity of the United States,” and the phrase “It is a noble land that God has given us” most closely matches Answer Choice C which says that the United States is a “divine gift to the American people.” Answer Choice A is incorrect because neither the Passage nor our Text talk about how the resources and size of the US serve to safeguard it from foreign invasion. Answer Choice B is incorrect because, although the Passage does call the United States “a greater England with a nobler destiny,” it doesn’t quite say that is replicates the conditions of Europe. Answer Choice D is incorrect because, while plausible under Beveridge’s description of the United States, the Passage never directly states that the U.S. is a source of envy for other countries.
How to solve this? The Question asks, “In Passage 1, Beveridge asserts that the resources and immensity of the United States constitute a [...]?” To solve this, we should go back to the Passage to look for a claim or sentence that Beveridge makes about the resources and size of the U.S. Because this is the first question of the Passage, and because the next question references Lines 24-37, we should expect our Text to come from earlier in the Passage. Lines 1-5 say [...].
