Type : MCQ

Intructions :

Directions: The following paragraph is followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the paragraph.

Question Statement :

Pain is not the only unpleasant experience that humans are subject to. What about boredom? Might it serve some useful purpose, too? Not surprisingly, it has no shortage of philosophical defenders. Bertrand Russell and the psychoanalyst Adam Phillips both spoke of the importance of being able to endure it. Russell asserted that the capacity to weather boredom is ‘essential to a happy life’, whereas Phillips speculated on its developmental significance for children. The famous writer, Friedrich Nietzsche correctly commented on the creative power of boredom and found value in its relationship to great art. So did writer Susan Sontag, who in a brief diary entry rightly suggested that the best art of her time was boring: ‘Jasper Johns is boring. Beckett is boring, Robbe-Grillet is boring. Maybe art has to be boring, now.’

There are more unpleasant experiences that humans are subject to than just pain. Boredom is one of them and many philosophers and writers endorse this.
Boredom is a useful, though, an unpleasant experience. This is why many philosophers and authors say that it is essential to a happy life and good art.
Humans are subject to not only pain but also boredom. Pain is useful too. The comments of famous philosophers and writers seem to suggest that it is beneficial to life and art both.
Humans suffer more unpleasant things in life than pain. One such thing is boredom which is essential to life as well as art. This fact is endorsed by famous philosophers and writers.