Question

it is a means of stirring the greatest number of people by offering them a privileged picture of common joys and sufferings. (2) for myself, i cannot live without my art. (3) if, on the other hand, i need it, it is because it cannot be separated from my fellow men, and it allows me to live, such as i am, on one level with them. (4) but i have never placed it above everything. (1) it obliges the artist not to keep himself apart; it subjects him to the most humble and the most universal truth. -albert camus, 1957 nobel acceptance speech read the paragraph and determine the most logical order of the numbered sentences. a 1,2,3,4,5 b 2,3,4,1,5 c 2,4,3,5,1 d 4,3,5,1,2

Explanation:

The paragraph starts with the author's personal need for art in sentence (2). Then, sentence (4) elaborates on not placing art above everything. Sentence (3) further explains the connection between art and fellow - men. Sentence (5) describes art's function of stirring people, and sentence (1) concludes by stating art's obligation on the artist.

Answer:

C. 2,4,3,5,1