Multiple choice

Directions: Select the most appropriate fillers for the blanks such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or ______, much as they would pay a fine in ______ of some crime.

  1. repression, redemption

  2. dissuasion, convention

  3. charity, compensation

  4. intimidation, explanation

  5. coercion, remedy
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C Correct answer
Explanation

"Or” before the first blank does not set up the contrast with 'courage'. In fact, it highlights the cause of the good action of man, which is either due to courage or something good of all the options for the first blank. “Charity” in (3) is the only positive word, so it replaces the first blank. Moreover, "compensation" gives cogent meaning to the second part of the sentence.

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