Question

Read the following passage from joseph stalin's radio broadcast shortly after germany invaded the ussr in 1941: such popular levies must be raised in every city which is in danger of an enemy invasion, all the working people must be roused to defend our freedom, our honor, our country - in our patriotic war against german fascism. in order to insure a rapid mobilization of all forces of the peoples of the ussr, and to repulse the enemy who treacherously attacked our country, a state committee of defense has been formed in whose hands the entire power of the state has been vested. which argument is most clearly developed by the rhetoric used in the passage?

Answer 1

the correct answer is The defense of Russia depends on the government taking complete control of the nation's resources

Answer 2

Options:

A. Russia will commandeer the nation's resources to ensure defense.

B. Russia may be forced to yield its power to Germany in the near future.

C. Russia is confident that its democratic government will overcome fascism.

D. The working people of Russia have to be awakened from their peaceful slumber.

Answer:

A. Russia will commandeer the nation's resources to ensure defense.

Step-by-step explanation:

Joseph Stalin was a former Premier of the Soviet Union. In this broadcast, Joseph Stalin was mentioning measures that had been ( and had to be) put in place to overcome the German forces. He talked about the formation of the state committee of defense and the need to spur all the working people of the USSR into defending the freedom of the Soviet Union. The bottom line of this speech is that all the nation's resources will be dispensed into ensuring that the defense and freedom of Russia is certain.

Option B is wrong because there is nowhere in the speech where the acceptance of defeat is implied.

Option C is wrong because the speech is not of a boast in the ability of Russia but a call to actions that will ensure the defense of Russia from the German Fascists.

Option D is wrong because it is not the crux of the speech. Spurring the working people of Russia to action is just one of the ways to ensure Russia's defense and victory over Germany.