Question

Read the following direct quotation, and then choose the option that paraphrases it correctly without plagiarizing the source.

"The peculiar characteristic of modern loneliness is that we can be in crowds and yet not be part of them. There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a big city." Archbishop Fulton Sheen


The unusual feature of contemporary loneliness is that we can be in crowds and yet not be part of them. There is no lonesomeness like the lonesomeness of a big city.


Archbishop Fulton Sheen wrote about a strange aspect of loneliness in today's world where one can feel quite alone even in the midst of a crowd of people.


Archbishop Sheen believed the funny characteristic of loneliness today is that people can be in crowds and yet not be a part of them. There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a large metropolis.


For certain, the peculiar characteristic of modern loneliness is that we can be in crowds and yet not be part of them. There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a big city.

Answer 1

Option 2.

It restates the idea in different words and sentence structure—saying Sheen described how someone can feel isolated even amid a crowd—without reproducing the original phrasing.