Multiple choice

Fasten

Directions: Some words in the verse below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

Freedom from fear is the freedom
I claim for you my motherland!
Freedom from the burden of the ages, bending your head,
breaking your back, blinding your eyes to the beckoning
call of the future;
Freedom from the shackles of slumber wherewith
you fasten yourself in night's stillness,
mistrusting the star that speaks of truth's adventurous paths;
Freedom from the anarchy of destiny
whose sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds,
and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death.
Freedom from the insult of dwelling in a puppet's world,
where movements are started through brainless wires,
repeated through mindless habits,
where figures wait with patience and obedience for the
master of show,
to be stirred into a mimicry of life.

  1. Undo

  2. Attach

  3. Release

  4. Couple
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Fasten' means to attach or secure something firmly. In this context about being trapped in 'night's stillness' and slumber, the speaker describes how people 'fasten themselves' - they attach or bind themselves to passive ignorance. 'Attach' is correct. 'Undo' and 'release' are opposites. 'Couple' means to join but is less precise than 'attach' for this context of being trapped in darkness.

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