Question

The "closed hand” in the passage refers to:

• A. the strength of the farmer
• B. the tendency of the earth to hide its treasures
• C. the abundance of resources that spring from the earth
• D. the fact that the earth is inanimate and lacking will

Answer 1

The correct option is B

the tendency of the earth to hide its treasures

The closed hand represents the tendency of the Earth to hide its diamonds and good red wheat. Option B conveys the same idea and hence correct. The author is of the opinion that man does not know what Earth hides.