(1) Throughout history, people have suffered from ailments that could have been easily avoided if they had only been understood. (2) For instance, it used to be common for hat makers to be tortured by uncontrollable trembling, slurred speech,
and mental confusion. (3) The condition led to Lewis Carroll's creation of the Mad Hatter in his book Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland. (4) Sadly, the hatters did not know that the mercury they used in creating felt hats was poisoning them, leading
to their strange symptoms. (5) Similarly, many of the world's greatest artists suffered from terrible depression. (6) Today we
know that the lead in the paint they used probably affected their mental state. (7) How tragic that so many lives were
destroyed for want of a little knowledge.
1. The primary purpose of this paragraph is to
a. to tell readers about formerly misunderstood ailments
b. to persuade readers to protect themselves against easily avoidable ailments.
c. both of the above.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

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