A) World War II; B) He wants to send weapons to the democracies that are fighting for their freedom.

Rhetorical Device

Passage

Explanation

Parallelism

“Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us” (paragraph 16).

This qualifies as parallelism because both halves of the sentence have a parallel structure: [verb] problems that [verb] us.

Anaphorism

“Let both sides…Let both sides…Let both sides…” (paragraphs 16-19)

This qualifies as anaphora because the same words introduce multiple groups of words in a parallel structure, in quick succession.

Antithesis

“bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations” (paragraph 17)

This qualifies as antithesis because the ideas expressed in the sentence’s parallel structure (absolute power to destroy vs under absolute control) are strongly contrasting. One speaks of total unrestrained destruction, the other absolute peace and control.

See sample answer above.