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Test:SSAT Middle Level Reading
Adapted fromCitizenship in a Republic(1910) by Theodore Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
| 1. | Which of the following best captures the attitude of the author towards “critics”? |
The author lauds critical analysis as the most accurate measure of the greatness of an individual.
The author feels that all critics are significant measures of social understanding.
The author feels critics should not be praised over those who actually strive to achieve something.
The author has no strong opinion on critics.
The author finds critics to be worthless and immoral.
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