Read the passage from “first joint debate ottawa,” a speech by abraham lincoln. my fellow-citizens: when a man hears himself somewhat misrepresented, it provokes him,—at least, i find it so with myself; but when misrepresentation becomes very gross and palpable, it is more apt to amuse him. what is the closest meaning of the underlined phrase as it used in the excerpt? widely accepted emotionally disturbing obviously exaggerated extremely humorous

The correct answer is “obviously exaggerated”. Even though you did not indicate which phrase is the underlined one, one can infer that it is the adjectival phrase “very gross and palpable” thanks to the options and context. Taken from Abraham Lincoln's speech in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate in 1858, the phrase “very gross and palpable” is used to describe the noun “misrepresentation”. When someone describes an event/action as “gross” it means that something is unreasonable and extreme. As regards the adjective “palpable”, it makes reference to something easily noticed. An event or action described with these two adjectives would likely amuse people and that was the meaning intended in this passage. In this excerpt, Lincoln argues that when a man hears himself somewhat misrepresented, it just provokes him; however, when misrepresentation becomes extreme and obvious (obviously exaggerated), it amuses a man.

1. b

2. a deadly disease

4. at the same time

5. a) true

b) true

c)false?

d)false?

7. para.1 = c

para.2 = d

para.3 = f

para.4= b

para.5= e

para.6 = a