Multiple choice

Directions: The passage given below is followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage. Key in the number of the option you choose as your answer.

It’s a good thing that almost all of us worry. Think of worry as a built-in alarm device. When it is used wisely, it alerts us to danger and prompts us to navigate our way through a maze of solutions to life’s various problems. We need to think through our options when we are faced with problems, weighing the benefits and pitfalls of each alternative, and then come up with the best solution. From there we take action which, we hope, solves the problem. Worry is helpful when it is used at the right time and at the right level for resolving our difficulties. Like many things in life, however, too little worry, or too much of it, can be harmful.

  1. Excess worry is as harmful to man as any other thing in life.

  2. A beacon that timely alerts and directs one’s path towards right action is worry.

  3. Problems in life always get exaggerated by worrywarts.

  4. Optimal worry helps generate optimal solutions to life’s problems.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  1. True. Excess worry can be harmful. However, this is not the message of the author.
    1. True. This is what worry does. It helps alerting at the right time and directing one’s path to right solution.
    2. Not correct. The author does not talk about worrywarts here.
    3. True. Optimal worry helps generate optimal solutions. However, the role that worry plays is not clear in this option.