Question

i am writing to you in your capacity as chairman of the drake school board. i am among those american writers whose books have been destroyed in the now famous furnace of your school. certain members of your community have suggested that my work is evil. this is extraordinarily insulting to me. the news from drake indicates to me that books and writers are very unreal to you people. i am writing this letter to let you know how real i am. i want you to know, too, that my publisher and i have done absolutely nothing to exploit the disgusting news from drake. we are not clapping each other on the back, crowing about all the books we will sell because of the news. we have declined to go on television, have written no fiery letters to editorial pages, have granted no lengthy interviews. we are angered and sickened and saddened. and no copies of this letter have been sent to anybody else. you now hold the only copy in your hands. it is a strictly private letter from me to the people of drake, who have done so much to damage my reputation in the eyes of their children and then in the eyes of the world. do you
assessment questions

1. part b: which of the following quotes best supports the answer to part a?

a. \i am a combat infantry veteran from world war ii, and hold a purple heart. i am as much trusted with young people and by young people that i have served on the faculties of the university of iowa, harvard, and the city college of new york.\ (paragraph 5)
b. \and we all know, too, that those words really dont damage children much. they didnt damage us when we were young. it was evil deeds and lying that hurt us.\ (paragraph 6)
c. \books are sacred to free men for very good reasons, and that wars have been fought against nations which hate books and burn them. if you are an american, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely\ (paragraph 8)
d. \if you and your board are now

Explanation:

To solve this, we need to know the answer to Part A (not provided here). But generally, for such questions, we analyze each option:

• Option A talks about the author's credentials, not directly supporting a Part A answer (likely about book burning/ideas).
• Option B discusses words vs. evil deeds, not central to book burning/intellectual freedom.
• Option C emphasizes books’ sacredness, free idea circulation, and opposition to book - burning (relevant if Part A is about defending books/ideas).
• Option D is cut off, so not usable.

Assuming Part A is about defending books/intellectual freedom, Option C supports it by highlighting books’ importance and free idea circulation, opposing book - burning.

Answer:

C. "books are sacred to free men for very good reasons, and that wars have been fought against nations which hate books and burn them. If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely" (Paragraph 8)