Question

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

What is to be the limit of forgiveness? It would probably have been allowed by many of the ancients that an unforgiving temper was not to be commended. They would have said, we are not to exact a penalty for every nice offence; we are to overlook somethings; we are to be blind sometimes. But they would have said at the same time, we must be careful to keep our self-respect, and to be on a level with the world. On the whole, they would have said, it is the part of a man fully to requite to his friends their benefits and to his enemies their injuries.

What is the underlying tone of the passage?

• A. We must be forgiving in general.
• B. We must forgive our friends.
• C. There is no limit whatsoever to on duty to forgive.
• D. We must always punish the wrong doer.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

There is no limit whatsoever to on duty to forgive.

The author is highlighting about the goodness and forgiving nature throughout the passage. Everybody commits mistake at some point of lives and the author is trying to say that we should not take every other action seriously because it will do more harm than good. Thus option A is the correct answer. Options B,C and D are incorrect.