Multiple choice

I recently read a book by an author who insists that everything man does is economically motivated. Leaders launch wars of conquest in order to capture the wealth of other nations. Scientists do research in order to receive grants or find marketable processes. Students go to college to get better jobs. He even maintains that people go to museums to become better informed on the off-chance that some day they will be able to turn that knowledge to their advantage. So persuaded was I by the author's evidence that, applying his theory on my own, I was able to conclude that he had written the book __________. Which of the following provides the most critical completion of the above paragraph?

  1. as a labor of love

  2. in order to make money

  3. as a means of reforming the world by calling man's attention to his greed

  4. as an exercise in scientific research in response to a creative urge to be a novelist

  5. in response to a creative urge to be a novelist
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Explanation

(3) The paragraph started with the fact that everything done is economically motivated. Option (2) seems to be close , as it conforms to the fact stated in the opening lines of the passage. But when we see (3) and (2) and carefully read the paragraph we will see that the reader was able to conclude that the book was aimed to draw attention to man's avarice. So we conclude that (3) is a better fit than (2).

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