A) tendency to avoid conflict

B) choice regarding his attitude toward involvement

C) fundamental altruism that influences his actions

D) desire to become better than he is

E) valid reason to hold himself apart from others

A) Negative words such as “not” and “nor”

highlight contradictions within opposing

viewpoints.

B) Clauses beginning with “who” are used

repeatedly to emphasize engaging images

of the men under discussion.

C) Punctuation marks are varied to highlight

the contradictory qualities of the “man

who is actually in the arena.”

D) Words highlighting struggle such as

“sweat” and “strive” are used to

acknowledge that critics of the active life

make some valid points.

E) Exaggerated terms such as “the best” and

“the worst” are used ironically to

undercut the observations of critics.

A) argue for the importance of

self-government

B) describe the conditions under which it is

possible to act

C) identify the reasons why men choose the

cloistered life

D) distinguish different types and degrees of

uselessness

E) explain the motivation of the man of action

A) "the same sordid figure in the pages of history" (paragraph 2, sentence 6)

B) "a cynic, or fop, or voluptuary" (paragraph 2, sentence 6)

C) "the being whose tepid soul knows nothing of great and generous emotion" (paragraph 2, sentence 7)

D) "the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder" (paragraph 2, sentence 7)

E) "the young lord" (paragraph 2, sentence 9)

A) Action without discretion can incur

disastrous results.

B) Change can only occur through direct

action.

C) True action can only be achieved by

leaders of men.

D) Individual action is more important than

collective action.

E) Failure to act often instills a sense of

shame.

A) indecision and procrastination

B) poor health and bad manners

C) vanity and rude language

D) cowardice and inauthenticity

E) indiscretion and ill-temper

A) inquisitive

B) critical

C) pedantic

D) apologetic

E) egocentric