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Question #: 27
Topic #: 3
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It is often said that those most firmly committed to an idea are also most critical of it. Yet, could anyone honestly defend this (i)_______? Consider, for instance,
Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who in the late nineteenth century paved the way for the womens rights movement through their fervent advocacy.
Would it not be (ii)_______ that Stanton and Anthony were at the same time highly (iii)_______ of the notion that women deserve equal rights under the law?

  • A. oft-touted ideology
  • B. ill-conceived contrivance
  • C. age-old aphorism
  • D. patently absurd to aver
  • E. audacious to insist
  • F. tautological to claim
  • G. suspicious
  • H. enamored
  • I.
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Suggested Answer: ACI 🗳️
The first sentence describes an aphorism, which means "a well-known saying or adage." Thus, the phrase age-old aphorism fits nicely in blank (i). The idea of the passage as a whole is that the "adage" mentioned in the first sentence is historically indefensible. To support this idea, the author seeks to point out that it would be completely and obviously wrong in other words, patently absurd to aver (assert) that Americas womens rights pioneers could possibly be critical of or suspicious of the idea that women deserve equal rights.
by Sus1111 at Oct. 2, 2023, 5:14 p.m.

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Sus1111
1 year, 1 month ago
Ans: CDH as it would read: It is often said that those most firmly committed to an idea are also most critical of it. Yet, could anyone honestly defend this age-old aphorism? Consider, for instance, Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who in the late nineteenth century paved the way for the women's rights movement through their fervent advocacy. Would it not be patently absurd to aver that Stanton and Anthony were at the same time highly enamored of the notion that women deserve equal rights under the law?
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