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Which excerpt best demonstrates Wiesel's use of rhetorical questions to conclude his argument in "The Perils of Indifference"?A.Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed?B.And so, once again, I think of the young Jewish boy from the Carpathian Mountains. He has accompanied the old man I have become throughout these years of quest and struggle.C.Some of them so many of them could be saved.D.But this time, the world was not silent. This time, we do respond. This time, we intervene.

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Which excerpt best demonstrates Wiesel's use of rhetorical questions to conclude his argument in "The Perils of Indifference"?A.Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed?B.And so, once again, I think of the young Jewish boy from the Carpathian Mountains. He has accompanied the old man I have become throughout these years of quest and struggle.C.Some of them so many of them could be saved.D.But this time, the world was not silent. This time, we do respond. This time, we intervene.

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The excerpt that best demonstrates Wiesel's use of rhetorical questions to conclude his argument in "The Perils of Indifference" is A. "Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed?" These questions are rhetorical as they are used to make a point rather than to be answered. They are used to provoke thought and reflection on the part of the reader, which is a common purpose of rhetorical questions.

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And so, once again, I think of the young Jewish boy from the Carpathian Mountains. He has accompanied the old man I have become throughout these years of quest and struggle. And together we walk towards the new millennium, carried by profound fear and extraordinary hope.Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference," 1999How does Wiesel persuade his audience in this passage?A.By providing an emotional imageB.By apologizing for his opinionsC.By reminding people that he is an expertD.By giving people facts about his life

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