Question 278
HardOriginal questionIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the of belief, it was the epoch of , it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of , we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the degree of comparison only.
There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever.
"The period was so far like the present period" suggests that the writer
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
He compares the period of the story with "the present period", his own time.
The likeness he names is that its "noisiest authorities" spoke of it only in extremes, as people still do.
Worth noting
He does not say the past was better; the whole paragraph refuses to call it simply good or bad.
- Concept
- Drawing an inference from a comparison
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