Part A was which statement best states the claim, or main point, that Bacon builds upon in this passage?
A. Holding high office causes people to do evil.
B. Holding high office is one of the noblest aspirations.
C. Holding high office has costs as great as any of the benefits.
D. Holding high office helps people serve others in many ways.
Answer:
C. Holding high office has costs as great as any of the benefits.
Explanation:
The statement that best states the claim that Bacon made in the passage is the third statement because it shows that holding high office comes at a great cost and that highly placed powerful people are really servants, both to the state, fame, or business which takes away a degree of their freedom.
Therefore, the correct answer is C. Holding high office has costs as great as any of the benefits.
Answer: to reveal that dictators manipulate others and use deception to further their ambitions.
Explanation:
Orwell's main purpose in this passage is to reveal that dictators manipulate others and use deception to further their ambitions.
Despite the famine and the food situation, Napoleon was well aware of the bad results that might follow if the real facts of the food situation were known, and therefore he decided to make use of Mr. Whymper to spread a contrary impression. This showed that he deceived others.
Nibbles crept Quietly across the carpet towards the open door and slowly sneaked through while no one was looking. 2. gently Sue edged over the ice as she talked silently to her dog clinging to a tree. 3. Eliot’s car skidded noisily across the road as it went out of control and the others watched promptly . 4. Yesterday they quickly ate their dinner so they could get to the concert immediately. 5. The birds flew easily towards the cliff top and sat comfortably on a ledge.
There is no passage here. Question cannot be answered.