Comprehension Passage
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. ‐‐‐ Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated. Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more than such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.
‐ Shakespeare, King Lear
‘Is man no more than this?’ means:
1
Man is far more than what he seems to be.
2
Man is not as well endowed as some other animals.
3
Accomodated man is well endowed.
4
As an animal, man is a superior animal.