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Read an excerpt from a speech by Benito Mussolini.
Italy! Italy! Entirely and universally Fascisti The Italy of the
blackshirt revolution, rise to your feet let the cry of your
determination rise to the skies and reach our soldiers in
East Africa. Let it be a comfort to those who are about to
fight. Let it be an encouragement to our friends and a
warning to our enemies. It is the cry of Italy which goes
beyond the mountains and the seas out into the great
world. It is the cry of justice and of victory
Mussolini's fall from power
Mussolini's role as a charismatic dictator
Italy's high unemployment rates
Italy's alliance with Nazi Germany

Answer 1

Mussolini's role as a charismatic dictator

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) Mussolini's role as a charismatic dictator.

This excerpt could best be used to support a document-based essay on Mussolini's role as a charismatic dictator.

If we read the excerpt we can see how Benito Mussolini uses Pathos to try to convince his audience. When he used pathos, he was appealing to the emotions of his audience. He never used Logos, of logic. For instance, we can read this in ". Let it be an encouragement to our friends and a warning to our enemies. It is the cry of Italy which goes

beyond the mountains and the seas out into the great world. It is the cry of justice and of victory."