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Read these lines: "Bagheera gave him half a dozen love-taps from a panther's point of view, and for a seven-year-old boy they amounted to as severe a beating as you could wish to avoid. When it was all over he sneezed, and picked himself up without a word. One of the beauties of Jungle Law is that punishment settles all scores. There is no nagging afterward." What is said about punishment under that law?
AIt is repeated until the lesson is learned
BIt is decided by a vote of the whole pack
CIt falls only on cubs of seven years old
DIt ends the matter, with nothing said after
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. It ends the matter, with nothing said after
1. 1. The beating is described, and then the boy gets up without a word.
2. 2. The rule behind that is stated directly: punishment settles all scores.
3. 3. The next sentence rules out anything following it, since there is no nagging afterward.
4. 4. Repetition, a vote and an age limit are all additions the lines do not make.
_Source: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)_
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