Passage Completion (Cloze Test)

Passage : I want to avoid violence. Non-violence ----1---- the first article of my faith. It is also the ---2--- article of my creed. But I had to ---3--- my choice. I had either to ---5--- done irreparable harm to my country, ---6--- incur the risk of the mad fury ---7--- my people bursting forth, when they ---8--- the truth from my lips. I ---9--- that my people have sometimes ---10--- mad. I am deeply sorry for it.
1. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  was
  B.  be
  C.  is
  D.  being
2. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A. common
  B. simple
  C. unique
  D. last
3. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  do
  B.  make
  C.  select
  D.  prepare
4. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  over
  B.  to
  C.  in
  D.  against
5. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  is
  B.  had
  C.  was
  D.  has

6. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  but
  B.  or
  C.  nor
  D.  and
7. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  is
  B.  of
  C.  was
  D.  in
8. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  listen
  B.  understood
  C.  understand
  D.  get
9. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  known
  B.  know
  C.  knew
  D.  knows
10. Choose the best word in the given passage.
  A.  went
  B.  goes
  C.  gone
  D.  going
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