Question

S1: We were so evenly matched that for a time the end was difficult to tell.
S6: Then his comrade's knife, thrown at me, struck him on the back and, piercing it, quite finished him.
P: Already I was counting him a dead man and myself victorious.

Q: I had only to wear him out to have him at my mercy.
R: Presently, however, there came a change.
S: My opponent's wild living made him incapable of coping with a prolonged bout and his strength seemed to start ebbing away.
The proper sequence should be:

• A. S-R-Q-P
• B. Q-R-S-P
• C. R-Q-S-P
• D. R-S-Q-P

Answer 1

The correct option is D R-S-Q-P

The first statement in the sequence should be the one that best connects with S1. It should be a continuation or extension of S1.

R is first in the sequence: S1 says that the subject and his opponent were so evenly matched for a time that the end was difficult to tell. R continues this point. It says that recently, however, there came a change.

R is followed by S: S starts to explain R's point. It says that the subject's opponent's wild living made him incapable of coping with a prolonged bout and his strength seemed to start ebbing away.

S is followed by Q: Q further adds to S. It says due to this loss of strength the subject only had to wear him out to have him at his mercy.

Q is followed by P: P adds to Q that due to this, the subject already counted his opponent as a dead man and himself as victorious. S6 continues P's point. It says that after that his comrade's knife, which was thrown at the subject, struck the opponent on the back and finished him.

Thus, the correct sequence is R S Q P. Hence, D is the correct option.