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Read the passage from Roosevelt's "Quarantine" speech.

Let no one imagine that America will escape, that America may expect mercy . . .

Roosevelt makes an inference that his audience believes America can escape aggression. Is this a logical inference?


(a) Yes, because America has isolated itself in hopes of avoiding being drawn into a conflict


(b) Yes, because Roosevelt's audience has explicitly stated that they believe they will escape aggression


(c) No, because Roosevelt's audience has not explicitly stated that they believe they will escape aggression


(d) No, because while America is currently practicing isolationism, it was not a conscious, deliberate decision to do so.

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A. Yes, because America has isolated itself in hopes of avoiding being drawn into a conflict
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