Skip to main contentSkip to solution

A useful definition for anger can be found in Aristotle, which is also the starting point for an established Western _________ of reflection. Here, anger is a response to _________ damage to something or someone one cares about, and a damage that the angry person believes to have been _________ inflicted.

Solution

Correct Option: 2

Aristotle is the starting point of a Western ___ of reflection. Anger = response to ___ damage that the angry person believes was ___ inflicted.

Answer: Option 2 - tradition; significant; wrongfully.

  • 'Western tradition of reflection' - standard collocation
  • 'Significant damage' - anger over trivial damage isn't justified
  • 'Wrongfully inflicted' - matches Aristotle's view: anger responds to perceived wrong

Elimination:

  • 'Unsuspectingly' - wrong direction (suggests the inflictor didn't suspect)
  • 'Uncannily' - inflicted weirdly? doesn't fit
  • 'Erroneously' - merely mistaken; doesn't carry the moral weight of anger

Tip: All three blanks must work together. 'Wrongfully' is the key word - anger responds to WRONG, not to accident or mistake.

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Left arrow: Previous question
  • Right arrow: Next question
  • S key: Jump to solution
  • Q key: Jump to question