Short RC passage about Comic Art -- Help!

[sufeliyan]

What's the answer to this question?

Great comic art is never otherwordly, it does not seek to mystify us, and it does not deny ambiguity by branding as evil whatever differs from good. Great Line comic artists assume that truth may bear all lights, and thus they seek to accentuate contradictions in
social action, not gloss over or transcend them by appeals to extrasocial symbols of divine ends, cosmic purpose, or laws of nature. The moment of transcendence in great comic art is a social moment, born out of the conviction that we are human, even
though we try to be gods. The comic community to which artists address themselves is a community of reasoning, loving, joyful, compassionate beings, who are willing to assume the human risks of acting rationally. Without invoking gods or demons, great comic art arouses courage in reason, courage which grows out of trust in what human beings can do as humans.


12. It can be inferred from the passage that the
author admires great comic artists primarily
for their
(A) ability to understand the frequently subtle
differences between good and evil
(B) ability to reconcile the contradictions in
human behavior
(C) ability to distinguish between rational and
irrational behavior
(D) insistence on confronting the truth about
the human condition
(E) insistence on condemning human faults and
weaknesses

[tommywallach]

Hey Sufe,

In the future, try to name your posts with something descriptive, such as "Short RC passage about comic art".

I'll take you through the answers here:

12. It can be inferred from the passage that the author admires great comic artists primarily for their:

(A) ability to understand the frequently subtle differences between good and evil The only thing the passage says about good and evil is that comedy doesn't deny ambiguity, not that comic artists understand the differences.

(B) ability to reconcile the contradictions in human behavior The only thing the passage says about contradictions relates to contradictions in social action, not human behavior

(C) ability to distinguish between rational and irrational behavior The only thing the passage says about rationality is that the community comics address themselves to is willing to act rationally. There's nothing about distinguishing.

(D) insistence on confronting the truth about the human condition CORRECT. The last half of the last sentence supports this, as does the first sentence (refusing to deny ambiguity is to accept the truth about the ambiguous human condition)

(E) insistence on condemning human faults and weaknesses This is way off base, the passage never says comics condemn anyone.

Hope that helps!

-t

[123aster]

can some one please help me with this text completion i dint get this:
1.Short of being a member of the royal family, it was impossible to be higher born than young Tycho. His ancestors and relatives had for generations been ___________________ who served the Danish kings with __________________, who knew how to maintain a position of ___________________ amid shifting factions at court and how to regain that position if it happened through some stroke of misfortune to be temporarily lost.

Blank 01 Blank 02
cruel followers consummate skill and loyalty
powerful leaders pride and arrogance
fanatic challengers humbleness and brutality

Blank 03
inferiority
crookedness
influence
ans :1. powerful leaders , consummate skill and loyalty, influence
how can the answer to the first blank be powerful leader?????????

[tommywallach]

Hey 123Aster,

Please post new question in a separate thread, not as a continuation of an old thread. Thanks!

-t