Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?

Question

Answer choices for the above question

A. “... straining after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.”

B. “This ecstasy, this forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a sheet of flame”

C. “He worked faithfully in the harness, for the toil had become a delight to him; yet it was a greater delight slyly to precipitate a fight amongst his mates and tangle the traces.”

D. “And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.”

Answer 1

To identify which sentence most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5, we should look for a statement that encapsulates key themes related to existence, ecstasy, and the relationship between life and forgetfulness.

In this context, choice D: "And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive,” stands out as it directly discusses the relationship between ecstasy and the experience of living, aligning closely with the theme of duality in existence.

Therefore, the answer is D.