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.

Consider this question – if the harm we have experienced leads us to a life dominated by unresolved anger, a negative image of ourselves, and an inability to trust, are we not allowing the perpetrator to continue to have power over us? When we have sleepless nights cycling and recycling thoughts about old hurts, when we seethe with anger, when we ask questions repetitively that seem to have no answers, we continue to suffer the consequences of being hurt. Perhaps our goal should be to find a way to free ourselves from the damage and to reclaim our lives for ourselves.

  1. Victims continue to despair unless they engage in creative pursuits.

  2. Damage by the perpetrator is perpetual unless the victim seeks vengeance.

  3. The victim alone can remove himself from the miasmic influence of his perpetrator.

  4. A victim is condemned to endure the demeaning influence of damage for good.
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C Correct answer
Explanation
  1. It is true that victims continue to despair; however, there is no guarantee given in the passage that a pursuit of creative interests would free them from the damage they do to their lives.
    1. Not true. Nothing about damage being “perpetual” or “vengeance” as a way to prevent damage is given in the paragraph.
    2. True. The victim himself needs to make an effort to get away from the envelope of toxic and menacing atmosphere induced by his perpetrator.
    3. Not true, not until he resolves to free himself from the damage.

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