Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al, Report on Public instruction. Originaly published in 1791. Tallevrand was a French diplomat; The report was a plan for national education. TiJ That half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in govemment; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land where they were bom; and that they are property owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. [2] But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. (4) Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employment decreed against women leads to a greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. [6] Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies, and it will never be in women's interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. [5] Here we must seek their interests in the wishes of inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the home? [0] is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself? [in] When it divided the functions of the two sexes in 50 obviously distinct a manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life's companions. [12] You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand that the good of all demands this of you. As used in sentence 7, "common" most nearly means... A. average B shared C. coarse D. similar E. peculiar

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Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al, Report on Public instruction. Originaly published in 1791. Tallevrand was a French diplomat; The report was a plan for national education. TiJ That half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in govemment; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land where they were bom; and that they are property owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. [2] But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. (4) Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employment decreed against women leads to a greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. [6] Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies, and it will never be in women's interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. [5] Here we must seek their interests in the wishes of inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the home? [0] is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself? [in] When it divided the functions of the two sexes in 50 obviously distinct a manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life's companions. [12] You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand that the good of all demands this of you. As used in sentence 7, "common" most nearly means... A. average B shared C. coarse D. similar E. peculiar

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Dalam konteks kalimat 7 dari petikan tersebut, "common happiness" merujuk pada kebahagiaan yang dirasakan atau diinginkan oleh semua individu dalam suatu kelompok atau masyarakat. Pilihan jawaban yang paling sesuai dengan makna "common" dalam konteks ini adalah "shared" (B), yang mengacu pada sesuatu yang dimiliki atau dialami bersama oleh sekelompok orang. Pilihan "average" (A) tidak tepat karena ini lebih merujuk pada sesuatu yang biasa atau standar, bukan yang dibagi bersama. "Coarse" (C) dan "similar" (D) sama sekali tidak relevan dengan konteks. Sedangkan "peculiar" (E) merujuk pada sesuatu yang unik atau aneh, yang tidak sesuai dengan konteks "common happiness" yang dibicarakan dalam petikan. Jadi, jawaban yang paling tepat adalah B, yang berarti "shared".

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