Multiple choice

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. Choose the option which best fits the sequence logically.

In times past, a liberal education set off a free man from a slave or a gentleman from labourers and artisans. It now distinguishes (_______) or from the trivialities which are no training at all. Such an education involves a combination of knowledge, skills and standards.

  1. scholarly learning from the loading of abstract concepts by the hoi polloi

  2. maturation of minds from conceptual enlightenment

  3. whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional

  4. practical skills from compartmentalized learning with narrow focus

  5. pursuit of knowledge per se from the dissemination of anachronistic ideas
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Explanation

The preceding sentence distinguishes free education from slavery. 'It now' distinguishes scholarly learning from 'abstract concepts by the hoi polloi' or 'trivialities'.

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