Question

Read the passage by Bartolomé de las Casas.

[Since New Spain was discovered], great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. These so-called Christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretense of settling the area. And [since that time] the great iniquities and injustices, the outrageous acts of violence and the bloody tyranny of these Christians have steadily escalated, the perpetrators having lost all fear of God . . . and all sense of self-respect.
–Bartolomé de las Casas

According to Bartolomé de las Casas, the effect of atrocities, injustices, and outrageous acts on the perpetrators is that

they lose respect for themselves and become distanced from God, in whom they claim to believe.
Spanish explorers were stealing, killing, and murdering the indigenous people of the region.
they experienced the violence and bloody tyranny of these Christians.
the indigenous people of the region were killed by members of the expedition.

Answer 1

The correct answer is " A) perpetrators lose respect for themselves."

La respuesta correcta es "A) los perpetradores pierden el respeto por sí mismos."

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Answer 2

The question asks what is the effect on the perpetrators of their outrageous acts. So the answer can not be a repetition of their acts or how indigenous people felt; the correct option is that perpetrators lose respect for themselves (A).

Las Casas (1484-1566) was a Dominican friar who defended the dignity of the indigenous people of the areas Spain was colonizing. Being a religious man, he criticized perpetrators of violences highlighting how that violence was incoherent with God's teachings and how it meant these men lost respect for themselves.