Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).

The ________ of religion expressed by Epicures and Lucretius is not altogether easy to understand, if one accepts the conventional accounts of the ________ of the Greek religion and ritual.

  1. symbolism, enigma

  2. adulation, interrogation

  3. hatred, cheerfulness

  4. trauma, grandness

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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) is most meaningful as it points out that given the 'cheerfulness' of conventional accounts of their religion, the philosophers 'hatred' is what is surprising. Hence, (3) is the answer.

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