Question

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

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.

Which one of the following is the correct statement? In ancient times, people were __________.

• A. ordered to lose their tempers
• B. permitted to lose their tempers and not forgive their enemies
• C. told that it was not good to have an unforgiving temper
• D. advised to forgive each and every offence committed by both friends and foes

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

told that it was not good to have an unforgiving temper

In the second sentence, the author says that our ancestors may have thought that an unforgiving temper shouldn't be appreciated. This proves that our answer C is correct.

We cannot accept the other choices. They are inconsistent with the contents of the passage.