Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, out of the given alternatives choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence.

That was the time when there was a hunger for foreign knowledge and foreign thought.

  1. wish

  2. appetite

  3. desire

  4. greed

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Hunger' is used symbolically, not literally here and in this sense, it means desire. A person who hungers for freedom desires freedom.