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(5) It is a means of stirring the greatest number of people by offering them a privileged picture of common joys and sufferings. (2) For myself, I cannot live without my art. (3) If, on the other hand, I need it, it is because it cannot be separated from my fellow men, and it allows me to live, such as I am, on one level with them. (4) But I have never placed it above everything. (1) It obliges the artist not to keep himself apart; it subjects him to the most humble and the most universal truth.
-Albert Camus, 1957 Nobel Acceptance Speech
Read the paragraph and determine the most logical order of the numbered sentences.
Responses
A 1,2,3,4,51,2,3,4,5
B 2,3,4,1,52,3,4,1,5
C 2,4,3,5,12,4,3,5,1
D 4,3,5,1,2
-Albert Camus, 1957 Nobel Acceptance Speech
Read the paragraph and determine the most logical order of the numbered sentences.
Responses
A 1,2,3,4,51,2,3,4,5
B 2,3,4,1,52,3,4,1,5
C 2,4,3,5,12,4,3,5,1
D 4,3,5,1,2
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The most logical order of the numbered sentences is **B: 2, 3, 4, 1, 5**.
Here's the reasoning for this order:
- Sentence 2 introduces the author's personal connection to art.
- Sentence 3 explains why the author needs art, linking it to their relationship with fellow humans.
- Sentence 4 reflects on the author's humility regarding the importance of art, suggesting it is not placed above everything else.
- Sentence 1 discusses the role of art in connecting the artist to the universal truth and to others, following the concepts presented in the previous sentences.
- Finally, Sentence 5 summarizes the overarching impact art has on people and encapsulates the themes addressed throughout the previous sentences.
Thus, the sequence clarifies a progression from personal sentiment to broader implications concerning art and humanity.
Here's the reasoning for this order:
- Sentence 2 introduces the author's personal connection to art.
- Sentence 3 explains why the author needs art, linking it to their relationship with fellow humans.
- Sentence 4 reflects on the author's humility regarding the importance of art, suggesting it is not placed above everything else.
- Sentence 1 discusses the role of art in connecting the artist to the universal truth and to others, following the concepts presented in the previous sentences.
- Finally, Sentence 5 summarizes the overarching impact art has on people and encapsulates the themes addressed throughout the previous sentences.
Thus, the sequence clarifies a progression from personal sentiment to broader implications concerning art and humanity.