Which of these best describes the main idea of the attached passage?
“A Man and a Lion were discussing the relative strength of men and lions in general. The Man contended that he and his fellows were stronger than lions by reason of their greater intelligence. ‘Come now with me,’ he cried, ‘and I will soon prove that I am right.’ So he took him into the public gardens and showed him a statue of Hercules overcoming the Lion and tearing his mouth in two. ‘That is all very well,’ said the Lion, ‘but proves nothing, for it was a man who made the statue.’ ”
Retrieved from: Aesop’s Fables. The Lion and the Statue. William Caxton, 1484.
Always second-guess what others tell you.
Lions cannot make statues.
It is easy to make things look the way we want.
Men are stronger than lions.
Be alert for words like better, best, most, main, major, and primary/primarily in questions. They indicate that there might be other answers that could work, but the correct answer is the one that is the best of the choices given.
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