William of Auvergne

On Providence

Latin Etymology

Ne dubites autem quia, sicut omnes pisces simul capi omnesque feras, destructio esset universalia in piscibus et feris, ita quasdam et quosdem, quandoque capi et comedi, destructio esset naturae particularis in eisdem quantum ad aquam unam vel regionem...

For each sentence below, choose the pair of words that makes the most sense in the sentence. The correct pair must be related to words in the passage above.

Sicut autem in eis quae casualiter evenire videntur, videlicet in occursionibus hominum improvisis et in aliis quae praeter intentionem et cognitionem nostram eveniunt, sic respondendum est de casu piscium in retia atque ferarum in reticula, videlicet cur potius hic quam ille vel haec quam illa incidit in ea. Quemadmodum, quae sit causa quare huiusmodi homo obviavit isti in foro, cum ab eo non quaereretur, nec de eo etiam cogitasset. Manifestum enim est quia eadem hora, eadem via, quoscumque e diverso ambulantes, necesse est sibi occurrere, et potuerunt esse eis diversae causae ambulationis...

For each sentence below, choose the pair of words that makes the most sense in the sentence. The correct pair must be related to words in the passage above.

1. It was _________ that a single person had caused the _________.

unlikely...disturbance
dubious...destruction
doubtful...disaster

2. Her zodiac sign is _________, but mine is _________, so we're like, totally incompatible, dude.

pisces...aquarius
cancer...scorpio
taurus...capricorn

3. The unity of the picture's many images reinforced its theme, a comment on nature's savage force.

unambiguity...water's
unity...nature's
specificity...man's

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