Here are the answers to your questions based on the content of “The Man in the Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt.
Question 1:
Part A - The phrase that best suggests that a person needs to work hard to be successful is:
a “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;” (paragraph 1)
Question 2:
Part A - The argument the speaker makes in “The Man in the Arena” is:
b Hard work should be praised even when the desired results are not achieved.
Question 3:
Part B - The excerpt that best supports the answer in Part A is:
d “Well for these men if they succeed; well also, though not so well, if they fail, given only that they have nobly ventured, and have put forth all their heart and strength…” (paragraph 1)
Question 4:
The phrase from the sentence that provides the best clue to the meaning of cloistered is:
c “shrink from contact”
Question 5:
The phrase that supports the claim that the success of a society should not be determined by the upper class, but by the average citizen is:
a “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;” (paragraph 1)