Multiple choice

Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.

But if the peasant's whole ________ lies in this saying, the whole of the free thinking anarchy of the brat is, assuredly, contained in this other pole saying.

  1. stoicism

  2. brashness

  3. hooliganism

  4. overconfidence

  5. passivity

  6. destructiveness

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A Correct answer
Explanation

(1) This is correct as the sentence conveys that the two statements are poles apart. If, on the one hand anarchy is mentioned, its opposite can be derived from 'passivity' and 'stoicism'. (2) This is incorrect as the sentence contrasts the two statements. If one statement is about anarchy, the other should logically speak of its opposite. 'Brashness' or 'overconfidence' is not antonyms of anarchism. (3) This is incorrect as 'hooliganism' and 'destructiveness' would be analogous to anarchy while the sentence implies a contrast with anarchy. (4) This is incorrect as the sentence contrasts the two statements. If one statement is about anarchy, the other should logically speak of its opposite. 'Brashness' or 'overconfidence' is not antonyms of anarchism. (5) This is correct as the sentence conveys that the two statements are poles apart. If, on the one hand anarchy is mentioned, its opposite can be derived from 'passivity' and 'stoicism'. (6) This is incorrect as 'hooliganism' and 'destructiveness' would be analogous to anarchy while the sentence implies a contrast with anarchy.