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Question 5 • Literature and Composition III

Read the excerpt from "Poetry." I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers that there is in it after all, a place for the genuine. What is the meaning of the word “contempt” in this context?

Answer
A
scorn
B
appreciation
C
indifference
D
misunderstanding

Explanation

“Contempt” means a strong feeling that something is unworthy or beneath respect. In the excerpt, the speaker says she reads poetry with “perfect contempt,” matching the idea of scorn, not appreciation, indifference, or misunderstanding.

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