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Social critic Neil Postman identified what he saw as a sort of intelle
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Social critic Neil Postman identified what he saw as a sort of intellectual (i) _________ when he wrote, “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
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| A. pondering |
| B. mulishness |
| C. degeneration | D. cerebration | E. banishment |
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Postman's quote talks about a society in which no one wants to read books anymore. This suggests an intellectual weakening or decline (these are good suggestions for filling in the blank). Degeneration is a good match; its primary definition is ‘‘a decline.” Pondering (thoughtful consideration) and cerebration(thinking about something) are near-synonyms that are too positively intellectual, and thus the opposite of what the blank requires. Mulishness (unreasonable stubbornness) and banishment (condemnation to exile) are unrelated to the clues in the sentence.
Postman's quote talks about a society in which no one wants to read books anymore. This suggests an intellectual weakening or decline (these are good suggestions for filling in the blank). Degeneration is a good match; its primary definition is ‘‘a decline.” Pondering (thoughtful consideration) and cerebration(thinking about something) are near-synonyms that are too positively intellectual, and thus the opposite of what the blank requires. Mulishness (unreasonable stubbornness) and banishment (condemnation to exile) are unrelated to the clues in the sentence.
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Social critic Neil Postman identified what he saw as a sort of intellectual (i) _________ when he wrote, “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
From requiring a reason to ban books - implying a desire to read them - to no reason to ban books because no one was interested to read one, suggests a degeneration of the intellect and hence Choice C is the right answer.
From requiring a reason to ban books - implying a desire to read them - to no reason to ban books because no one was interested to read one, suggests a degeneration of the intellect and hence Choice C is the right answer.
