Read the excerpt from William Faulkner's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech.. . . the old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed—love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice.Which best describes the meaning of the term “universal truths”?

“Universal truths” are ideas and feelings that apply broadly to human experience and can be understood by people across different times and places. Faulkner’s examples—love, honor, pity, pride, compassion, and sacrifice—are shared human values, so the best choice is “feelings and ideas that can be understood by everyone.”

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