Multiple choice

Which one of the following is correct? The author is of the opinion that

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question.

There are a great many people who have all the material conditions of happiness, i.e., health, sufficient income and clout, but who nevertheless, are profoundly unhappy. In such cases it would seem as if the fault must lie with a wrong theory as to how to live. We imagine ourselves more different from the animals than we are. Animals live on impulse and are happy as long as external conditions are favourable. Your needs are more complex than those of your pets but they still have their basis in instinct. In civilised societies, this is too apt to be forgotten. People propose to themselves some paramount objective and restrain all impulses that do not minister to it. A businessman may be so anxious to grow rich that to this end he sacrifices health and private affection. When at last he has become rich, no pleasure remains to him except harrying other people by exhortations to initiate his noble example.

  1. we are superior to animals

  2. animals are more impulsive than us

  3. we are really not very different from animals

  4. we have the unique ability to control our impulses

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C Correct answer
Explanation

He starts off the passage with this premise.