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55. The correct answer is (E). In the second paragraph, the author emphasizes that all of humanity is
bound together, every individual to every other individual. Notice that the last sentence of the second
paragraph stands out. While the rest of the essay is written using the third-person point of view, this
sentence is written in the imperative. It is directed to “you” as a part of humanity. So the argument of
the essay is addressed to every person.
56. The correct answer is (A).  A metaphor is an implied comparison of two essentially unlike things. In
the first paragraph, the author states that humanity is a book, individual people are chapters in the book,
and the death of an individual is merely a translation of that chapter into a better language.
57. The correct answer is (D). In the second paragraph, humanity is equated with a continent. Since
clod and promontory are parts of the larger land mass, we understand that these are individuals. And
remember that the author is arguing that each individual is an important part of humanity: the clod, an
individual, is just as important as a promontory, a group of individuals.
58. The correct answer is (B).  The significance of the bell was discussed in the second paragraph. The
bell is mentioned again in the third paragraph, in which it tells the author of the fact that another
person is sick and dying. So we may conclude that the bell tolls to announce that someone is dying or
perhaps is already dead.
59. The correct answer is (B).  In the third paragraph, the author argues that affliction, or we might say
suffering, reminds us of our common bonds to other people. But, the author warns, it is not sufficient
just to suffer. It is necessary to convert that suffering into a learning experience. The author illustrates
the point with an analogy. Gold itself is valuable, but it can’t be spent as money unless it is first
converted into a coin. The distinction drawn is nicely paralleled by the distinction between marble
and a statue. The marble is potentially a statue as gold is potentially money and suffering potentially
a learning experience.