Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the question. PASSAGE: Until very recently, it was universally believed that men are congenitally more intelligent than women; even so enlightened a…
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Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the question.
PASSAGE: Until very recently, it was universally believed that men are congenitally more intelligent than women; even so enlightened a man as Spinoza decided against votes for women on this ground. Among white men, it is held that white men are by nature superior to black men; in Japan, on the contrary, it is thought that yellow is the best colour. In Haiti, when they make statues of Christ and Satan, they make Christ black and Satan white. Aristotle and Plato considered Greeks so innately superior to barbarians, slavery was justified as long as the master was Greek and the slave barbarian.
PASSAGE: Until very recently, it was universally believed that men are congenitally more intelligent than women; even so enlightened a man as Spinoza decided against votes for women on this ground. Among white men, it is held that white men are by nature superior to black men; in Japan, on the contrary, it is thought that yellow is the best colour. In Haiti, when they make statues of Christ and Satan, they make Christ black and Satan white. Aristotle and Plato considered Greeks so innately superior to barbarians, slavery was justified as long as the master was Greek and the slave barbarian.
Aristotle and Plato supported slavery because they thought
- the Greek to be superior to barbarians
- the barbarians were hardworking
- the barbarians to be superior to Greeks
- the barbarians had no other means to earn
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - the Greek to be superior to barbarians
The passage says Aristotle and Plato thought Greeks "so innately superior to barbarians" that slavery was justified where the master was Greek and the slave barbarian. It says nothing about the barbarians being hardworking or lacking other means of livelihood, and it states the reverse of barbarian superiority.
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