<p>Freedom of expression is not necessarily a ________ force : communities that encourage it often feel less threatened by social unrest than do those in which dissent is _________ </p>
<p>How would one go about answering this?</p>
<p>Answer options are :
(a) revolutionary ... promoted
(b) positive . . prohibited
(c) successful . . protested
(d) divisive . . restricted
(e) militant . . fostered </p>
<p>THanks in advance!</p>
<p>Probably B, the sentence is refuting a common notion of freedom of expression being a (good) force. Then you’re contrasting encourage with a word that’s its antonym in the second part, so prohibited.</p>
<p>I thought the same thing panda, but its actually D :((((( I went with the opposites + first and then - second blank but it didn’t work.</p>
<p>How is the answer D? This question baffled me I thought it was B</p>
<p>It’s quite obvious. The key word here is “less.” </p>
<p>If it was B, you’d have the first phrase saying freedom of expression is not positive, and the second sentence explaining how FoE is positive. </p>
<p>I’ll simplify things:</p>
<p>Freedom of expression doesn’t always cause internal strife: communities that encourage it often feel less threatened by social unrest than do those in which there is no freedom of expression.</p>
<p>It’s D. It’s saying that communities that allow freedom of speech actually run more smoothly. I remember this question from a practice test I did lol.</p>