The lines “He has slipped from his death/and vanished into my mind: (lines 23-24) have all these functions except toA. make a distinction between two worlds – the physical and the spiritual.B. show the profound effect the experience had on the speaker.C. show the nimbleness of the snake.D. show that the speaker is a man of deep thought.

The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage.If a consciousness of the eternal were not implanted in man; if the basis of all that exists were but a confusedly fermenting element which, convulsed by obscure passions, produced all, both the great and the insignificant; if under everything there lay a bottomless void never to be filled—what else were life but despair? If it were thus, and if there were no sacred bonds between man and man; if one generation arose after another, as in the forest the leaves of one season succeed the leaves of another, or like the songs of birds which are taken up one after another; if the generations of man passed through the world like a ship passing through the sea and the wind over the desert—a fruitless and a vain thing; if eternal oblivion were ever greedily watching for its prey and there existed no power strong enough to wrest it from its clutches—how empty were life then, and how dismal!Life would be filled with despair if it lacked a consciousness of the eternal, sacred human bonds, and if everything led to eternal oblivion, rendering human existence vain and dismal.The absence of eternal consciousness and sacred bonds among humans would make life like the passing seasons in the forest, meaningless and destined for oblivion.If man did not have an awareness of the eternal and was subject to a world of chaotic forces and ultimate oblivion, life would be devoid of meaning and hope.Life would be dismal and empty if there were no eternal aspect, no meaningful connections between people, and if all existence was just a transient journey towards oblivion.

Read this excerpt from "Exhalation":Though I am long dead as you read this, explorer, I offer to you a valediction. Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I feel I have the right to tell you this because, as I am inscribing these words, I am doing the same.Which theme is best supported by the excerpt?A.Life is precious.B.The past is full of mistakes.C.Dreams should be pursued.D.The written word is temporary.

23. A part of metaphysics involves in the search of the relationship between soul/mind and body, and recognizes that man really imagines, feels, wills, and perceives. Which one is it?*ReligionOntologyTheologyRational

Although he never learn to read, his exceptional memory and enquiring mind eventually made him      a very_________________ man.*dedicatederuditepragmaticbenevolent

Which of the following most accurately captures the thought flow of the passage?