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.

This is a more than usually germane point since the Tolstoy estate stretches away in all directions around us: heavily wooded and undulating with scattered, scruffy villages and sudden long-grassed fields that put me in mind of those scenes in Anna Karenina when Levin goes out scything crops with his serfs and resolves to eschew all human falsity in favour of a sweat-drenched ________ redemption.

  1. The second sentence provides additional evidence for the premise mentioned in the first sentence.

  2. The first sentence is a conclusion while the second supports the given conclusion.

  3. The first sentence elucidates the original tenets of the Knights of Columbus and the second sentence highlights how they have been corrupted.

  4. The first sentence highlights the values of the Order, and the second sentence points towards the successful perpetuation of the same.

  5. The first sentence provides additional evidence for the conclusion drawn in the second paragraph.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(1) Incorrect; the clue lies in 'Levin goes out scything'. A scythe is used to cut harvest, and hence, the word has to be connected to farming. (2) Correct; the clue lies in 'Levin goes out scything'. A scythe is used to cut harvest, and hence, the word has to be connected to farming. 'Earthy' correctly connects Levin's redemption to scything. (3) Correct; the clue lies in 'Levin goes out scything'. A scythe is used to cut harvest, and hence, the word has to be connected to farming. 'Earthy' correctly connects Levin's redemption to scything. (4) Incorrect; there can be many ways of earning a true redemption but the sentence requires a redemption that is connected to scything. (5) Incorrect; there can be many ways of earning a virtuous redemption but the sentence requires a redemption that is connected to scything. (6) Incorrect; the emphasis is on villages and scything crops. The option has to have relevance to the overall structure of the sentence.

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