Multiple choice

Directions: Five alternative illustrations are given below the text representing an idiom, a phrase or an aphorism. Choose the option that best illustrates the essence of the phrase.

It is not enough to be dilettantes in everything without striving also to be craftsmen in something.

  1. One must not be jack of all trades.

  2. One must practise an art till one achieves perfection.

  3. One must try to gain expertise in something or the other.

  4. One has to go deep into things to understand them.

  5. One must try to learn one craft or the other.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The argument states that being a jack of all trades is not enough. One has to be a master of one.

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