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The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
A. In that summer of 1780, with Britain mired in wars with France, Spain and the US, the English working class had been hit by falling wages, rising prices and unemployment.
B. Two years earlier, Parliament had eased official discrimination against Catholics, partly in the hope of raising more Irish soldiers.
C. This week’s referendum on the country’s future in the European Union makes it imperative, though, to consider just that possibility.
D. The issue was used to whip up working class anger by the Protestant politician Lord George Gordon — leading to attacks on wealthy Catholics, embassies of Catholic countries, and Catholic churches.
E. The idea of a Britain torn apart by ethnic-religious violence might seem implausible today.
A. In that summer of 1780, with Britain mired in wars with France, Spain and the US, the English working class had been hit by falling wages, rising prices and unemployment.
B. Two years earlier, Parliament had eased official discrimination against Catholics, partly in the hope of raising more Irish soldiers.
C. This week’s referendum on the country’s future in the European Union makes it imperative, though, to consider just that possibility.
D. The issue was used to whip up working class anger by the Protestant politician Lord George Gordon — leading to attacks on wealthy Catholics, embassies of Catholic countries, and Catholic churches.
E. The idea of a Britain torn apart by ethnic-religious violence might seem implausible today.
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The correct option is C ABDEC
The paragraph is about the possibility of two of Britain’s groups going for violence against each other. (A) recounts the economic and social status of Britain in 1780, which worked as a fuel to the fire ( violence). (B) and (D) together give a glimpse of the run-up to such a situation. Author indicates in (E) that the idea of a ‘torn apart’ Britain may ‘seem implausible today’, but the present scenario in the country calls for a serious analysis (C).
The paragraph is about the possibility of two of Britain’s groups going for violence against each other. (A) recounts the economic and social status of Britain in 1780, which worked as a fuel to the fire ( violence). (B) and (D) together give a glimpse of the run-up to such a situation. Author indicates in (E) that the idea of a ‘torn apart’ Britain may ‘seem implausible today’, but the present scenario in the country calls for a serious analysis (C).
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