AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 2

to sequester a man's self, for a higher conversation: such as is found to have been falsely and

feignedly in some of the heathen; as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the

Sicilian, and Apollonius of Tyana; and truly and really, in divers of the ancient hermits

and holy fathers of the church." Okay, so... what's the gist?

Bacon is talking about solitude here... and he's saying that solitude for solitude's sake

is... kinda stupid.

He says it more eloquently than that, of course, but... gists aren't always pretty.

On the other hand... if you pass on hanging out with friends because you want to get some

"me" time and really do some serious thinking about major life stuff... well, then it's

perfectly acceptable. Now... which of our answer choices fits with

that concept?

Boom... we hit it right out of the gate.

Option A is "qualify the instances in which solitude is preferable to friendship."

Yeah, that's uh... what we just said.

We don't even need to waste our time looking over the other answers -- A's the one we're looking for.

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