Question 4 • * SY2025-26 - 1001010-M/J Language Arts 1 Sem 1 CR
Read the excerpt from "Yet Do I Marvel” by Countee Cullen.Make plain the reason tortured TantalusIs baited by the fickle fruit, declareIf merely brute caprice dooms SisyphusTo struggle up a never-ending stair.Inscrutable His ways are, and immuneTo catechism by a mind too strewnWith petty cares to slightly understandWhat awful brain compels His awful hand.
Answer
A
It emphasizes the fact that God will never give reasons for his actions.
B
It emphasizes the difference between being punished and being forgiven.
C
It draws attention to the differences between Greek mythology and Christianity.
D
It draws attention to the many ways that people can struggle in their lives.
Explanation
The speaker asks why Tantalus and Sisyphus must endure their punishments, then says God’s ways are “inscrutable” and beyond what a human mind can understand. This emphasizes that people cannot know or fully understand God’s reasons for what He does, which is the idea in choice A.
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