Ever since human beings began their conscious sojourn on this planet, they have puzzled over the riddle of evil and debated its source. Two concepts have predominated in the debate. The first of these holds that evil is an active force, a force of darkness as substantial and powerful as that of light. In terms of the individual human being, this force might be seen as the "Shadow" side of the personality, the feared side that the individual may deny but that is still a real and integral part of her or him. The second of the two concepts holds that evil is essentially ___________, the absence of good, that darkness is not a thing in itself but rather the absence of light. In terms of the individual human being, this doctrine says that evil arises from a lack, a deprivation, from what John A. Sanford calls "a mutilation of the soul."On the basis of above passage please answer the following question.Which of the following phrases would best fit into the blank in the third sentence of the passage?
Answer(s): B
The first side of the debate says that evil is an active for ceso the opposing side would see evil as just the opposite, something passive. Choice a is reflected in the first sentence: human beings are puzzled (therefore perplexed) by evil, but their being puzzled is not one of the two concepts of evil discussed in the passage.Choices c, d, and e are not reflected in the passage.
Answer(s): C
The whole passage is a description of the debate between two concepts of evil. Choice a is mentioned in the passage but only by way of introduction to the description of the debate. Choices b, d, and e are not in the passage.
Ever since human beings began their conscious sojourn on this planet, they have puzzled over the riddle of evil and debated its source. Two concepts have predominated in the debate. The first of these holds that evil is an active force, a force of darkness as substantial and powerful as that of light. In terms of the individual human being, this force might be seen as the "Shadow" side of the personality, the feared side that the individual may deny but that is still a real and integral part of her or him. The second of the two concepts holds that evil is essentially ___________, the absence of good, that darkness is not a thing in itself but rather the absence of light. In terms of the individual human being, this doctrine says that evil arises from a lack, a deprivation, from what John A. Sanford calls "a mutilation of the soul."On the basis of above passage please answer the following question.Which of the following, according to the passage, does an individual sometimes use to deal with the "Shadow" side of his or her personality?
Answer(s): D
The fourth sentence states that the "Shadow" side of the personality is something the individual may deny. The other choices are not in the passage.
The EagleHe clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the azure world he stands.The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;He watches from his mountain walls,And like a thunderbolt he falls.On the basis of above poem please answer the following questionGiven the tone of the poem, and noting especially the last line, what is the eagle MOST likely doing in the poem?
The eagle, who watches from his mountain walls and falls like a thunderbolt, is depicted as too alert and dynamic to be dying (choice a). There is really no joy depicted in the poem nor any sense that this is a baby eagle (choice c), and there is no mention of baby birds he might be watching over (choice d). There is no other eagle mentioned in the poem (choice e). Saying that the eagle watches and then falls like a thunderbolt implies alertness and striking, so the most logical choice is that the eagle is hunting.
The EagleHe clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely lands,Ringed with the azure world he stands.The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;He watches from his mountain walls,And like a thunderbolt he falls.On the basis of above poem please answer the following questionTo which of the following do the words "azure world" most likely refer?
The word azure means blue and is often used to describe the sky. Neither a forest nor cliffs are azure (choices a and c), and neither God nor nature is mentioned as an entity in the poem (choices d and e).
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