Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

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What is the primary reason the author feels the award was given to them?

  • In recognition of their life's work (correct)
  • For financial gain
  • To honor their age
  • For personal glory

Why does the author mention dedicating the money part of the award?

  • To hoard it for themselves
  • To share it with others (correct)
  • To demonstrate their financial success
  • For personal enrichment

What is the tragedy faced by society today?

  • A general and universal physical fear (correct)
  • A crisis in intellectual pursuits
  • An excess of spiritual problems
  • A lack of material wealth

What kind of writing does the text imply is worth pursuing?

<p>Writing about human struggles and conflicts of the heart (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has the young writer of today allegedly forgotten according to the text?

<p>The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the poet's duty?

<p>To remind man of courage, honor, and compassion (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest happens if a writer fails to teach himself the importance of certain values?

<p>He will be doomed to write stories lacking universal truths (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest is the difference between writing about lust and writing about love?

<p>Writing about love involves the heart while writing about lust involves the glands (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is emphasized as the reason for man's immortality in the text?

<p>His soul capable of compassion and sacrifice (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest will help man prevail and endure?

<p>Lifting his heart with courage, honor, and compassion (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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