Question

read the excerpt from president ronald reagans speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election.
a popular novel of the 60s ended prophetically with its description of a \kindly, pleasant, greening land about to learn whether history still has a place for a nation so strangely composed of great ideals and uneasy compromise as she.\
that is really the question before us tonight: for the first time in our memory many americans are asking: does history still have a place for america, for her people, for her great ideals? there are some who answer
o\; that our energy is spent, our days of greatness at an end, that a great national malaise is upon us.
they say we must cut our expectations, conserve and withdraw, that we must tell our children... not to
which ideas from the excerpt would be most appropriate to include in a summary? select three options.

• popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today.
• many americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams.
• john wayne, nicknamed duke, was an iconic hollywood actor and filmmaker.
• president reagan believed that john wayne would argue that he was not the last american hero, because there are many more.
• duke wayne died as a symbol of the hollywood dream industry.

Explanation:

1. The novel excerpt is used to frame the core question of the speech, so its provocative, relevant question is key to a summary.
2. The speech explicitly states that many Americans believe the nation's greatness is over, which is a central opposing view Reagan addresses.
3. Reagan references John Wayne to push back against the idea that America's greatness is gone, noting Wayne would argue he was not the last American hero, a key counterpoint in the speech.

The other options focus on irrelevant biographical details of John Wayne that are not central to the speech's main ideas.

Answer:

• Popular novels from the past often ask provocative questions that are important to consider today.
• Many Americans have given up and say that the nation is no longer great or a land of dreams.
• President Reagan believed that John Wayne would argue that he was not the last American hero, because there are many more.