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.
In Haiti, people believe that
- Christ was white
- black was good
- all black men were evil
- all white men were evil
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B - black was good
Haitians make Christ black and Satan white, showing they regard black as good (and white as bad). They do not depict Christ as white, and the passage does not say all black or all white men are evil.
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