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The Enlightenment — Test

Question 9 • Senior English

Read the sentence from Of the Wisdom of the Ancients . They say then that Love was the most ancient of all the gods; the most ancient therefore of all things whatever, except Chaos, which is said to have been coeval with him; and Chaos is never distinguished by the ancients with divine honour or the name of a god. To correctly paraphrase this sentence, Tamar should

Answer
A
copy it exactly as it is.
B
copy part of it exactly and restate the rest.
C
quote it exactly and put quotation marks around it.
D
restate it in her own words.

Explanation

A paraphrase expresses the original idea in different words while preserving its meaning. Tamar should explain that Love was considered the oldest god and, apart from Chaos, the oldest thing; Chaos existed at the same time but was not honored as a god. Quoting or copying the sentence would reproduce the original wording instead of paraphrasing it.

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