In the passage above, Washington warns of the dangers to the country if people allow political parties to take hold in the United States. Match each quote from Washington with the correct summary of Washington's point.

Question

One of the summary options will not be used.

1. "This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind."
2. "It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments [stirs up] occasionally riot and insurrection."
3. "It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated [easier] access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.

Answer choices
A. Political parties may lead to unrest in American communities.
B. Leaders of foreign nations could take advantage.
C. The urge to form political parties is an unpleasant part of human nature.
D. With several American political parties, foreign countries would pose less of a threat.

Answer 1

Here are the matches of Washington's quotes with the correct summaries:

1. "This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind."

   • C. The urge to form political parties is an unpleasant part of human nature.

2. "It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments [stirs up] occasionally riot and insurrection."

   • A. Political parties may lead to unrest in American communities.

3. "It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated [easier] access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another."

   • B. Leaders of foreign nations could take advantage.

The unused summary option is:

• D. With several American political parties, foreign countries would pose less of a threat.