Question

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first and then Part B.

Part A
What is the most likely meaning of repelling as it is used in this excerpt from “The New Psychology of Leadership”? Choose the meaning based on context clues.

Without such leadership, [Max Weber] forecast, “not summer’s bloom lies ahead of us, but
rather a polar night of icy darkness and hardness.” Since then, the notion of charisma has
endured, alternatively attracting and repelling us as a function of events in the world at large.

A. unifying
B. confusing
C. pushing away
D. creating an identity
Part B
Which words from the passage best support the answer to Part A?

A. icy darkness and hardness
B. the notion of charisma
C. alternately attracting and
D. the world at large

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Part A

C. pushing away

• Even by textbook definition, we know repelling mean the exact opposite of attracting, which brings it closer
• Therefore, repelling must mean pushing away

Part B

C. alternatively attracting and

• The key word here is "alternating" which means moving between two opposites in general
• Hence, it supports the answer in Part A