PART B: Which TWO phrases from the story best support the answer to Part A?
A. “Thus did the brothers live for many years, and every week the Angel of the Lord came down to them and blessed them.” ( Paragraph 1)
B. “…and not keeping for himself a single coin of all this money, he went back to his dwelling in the selfsame old garment in which he had come to town.” ( Paragraph 4)
C. “And all three houses began to be filled with people, and the people began to praise Athanasius for all that he had done.” ( Paragraph 4)
D. “Thou art not worthy to dwell with thy brother. That one leap aside of thy brother’s was worth more than all that thou hast done with thy gold.” ( Paragraph 9)
E. “…and he understood that not by gold, but by good works only, could he render service to God and his fellow-man.” ( Paragraph 14)
F. “And the brethren dwelt together as before.” ( Paragraph 15)
Answers
The correct options are D and E.
Explanation:
The question concerns the short story titled 'Two Brothers' written by Leo Tolstoy.
The story centers around two brother who give their life in the service of poor. One day, both brother parts their ways and the younger one saw gold on his way, of which he became afraid and ran away. But the elder brother did not find any harm in the gold and instead used gold in his service to the poor. His eyes were opened later, when an Angel appeared to him and revealed to him his mistake of using gold, which was devil's snare for him.
So, the theme of the story is that to help someone, money is not the basic requirement rather it is the simple and kind actions that matters the most.
The passages that supports this theme of the story is in option D and E.
In option D, the angel is rebuking the elder brother of choosing money, which was devil's trap and in option E, the elder brother realized his mistake that it's not by money but by good works he can render his service to God and poor.
Thus the correct answers are options D and E.
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Biography of Leo Tolstoy
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