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DIRECTIONS: Read the following poem carefully and choose the correct o

1.	DIRECTIONS: Read the following poem carefully and choose the correct option to answer the questions that follow.POEM - 1I lay in sorrow, deep distressed:My grief a proud man heard;His looks were cold, he gave me goldBut not a kindly word.My sorrow passed-I paid him backThe gold he gave to me;Then stood erect and spoke my thanksAnd blessed his Charity.I lay in want, in grief and pahi:A poor man passed my way;He bound my head he gave me breadHe watched me night and day.How shall I pay him back again,For all he did to meOh, gold is great, but greater farIs heavenly Sympathy!Which word in the poem means "giving money to a person who is in need"?
A.	charity
B.	sympathy
C.	kindness
D.	distress
Answer» B. sympathy

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