PrepTest 110, Section 4, Question 11
Tragic dramas written in Greece during the fifth(450 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(18 more words not shown)
- AAlthough she knows(28 more words not shown)
- BBecause of her(32 more words not shown)
- CAfter much careful(17 more words not shown)
- DA tragic figure,(22 more words not shown)
- EAfter much careful(23 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
For Rivier, deliberation reveals the only real option; it doesn't create a free choice. Predict a character who thinks things through, then recognizes that the gods' course is unavoidable. Don't reject a story merely because the character thinks. What matters is what the thinking leads to.
Working the answers
- A
She chooses to defy local authorities. We aren't given divine necessity that leaves her no alternative. A painful choice is not automatically Rivier's kind of constraint.
- B
Her love for her brother helps motivate her agreement to the gods' request. That gives her personal desire a role alongside divine influence, closer to Lesky's account. We don't get recognition that only one option is possible.
- C
The thinking leads her to disobey the gods. Rivier's character recognizes the path they dictate instead.
- D
Defying a divine curse doesn't match recognizing that the gods' chosen course is the sole option. Knowing the battle will fail supplies a grim outcome, but not the required decision process.
- ECorrect
He thinks carefully and realizes he “has no alternative” to following the gods' course. That mirrors both parts of Rivier's account: deliberation happens, but reveals the impasse rather than an independent choice.
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