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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Themes in Different Media, Modalities, and Formats

Question 3 • TX-English IV B-CR

Which section of the text best supports the theme that endless labor keeps human beings from reaching their full potential?

Answer
A
“Down all the stretch of Hell to its last gulf / There is no shape more terrible than this”
B
“tongued with censure of the world’s blind greed”
C
“Slave of the wheel of labor, what to him / Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?”
D
“Through this dread shape the suffering ages look; / Time's tragedy is in the aching stoop”

Explanation

The lines in choice C call the worker a “Slave of the wheel of labor” and ask what Plato and the Pleiades mean to him. This suggests that endless work leaves no room for learning, beauty, or other possibilities, keeping people from reaching their full potential. Choice D emphasizes suffering across time, but C most directly connects labor with lost opportunities.

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