Multiple choice

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage:

A conviction in the mind of its total ignorance of the nature of the specific attributes of Godhead, and a sense of the doubt respecting the real essence of the soul, give rise to feelings of great dissatisfaction with our limited powers. A notion of the existence of a supreme superintending power who regulates such an infinity of celestial and terrestrial objects, and a due estimation of that law which teaches that man should do unto others as he would wish to be done by, reconcile us to human nature, and tend to render our existence agreeable to ourselves and profitable to the rest of the mankind.

What is the underlying idea of the passage?

  1. To ruminate on what man should with his limited power

  2. To wonder what makes man reconcile to human nature

  3. To ponder on what man should do to improve the quality of life around

  4. To show that it is the fear of the unknown that forces people to cling together

  5. To question the specific attributes of Godhead

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The writer uses the cause and effect phenomenon to explain the cause of people clinging together.