Direction: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Discourtesy is not a legal offence and it does not excuse assault and ___(1)___. If a burglar breaks into my house and I knock him down, the law will ___(2)___ me, and if I am physically assaulted, it will permit me to ___(3)___ with reasonable violence. It does this because the burglar and the ___(4)___ have broken quite definite commands of the law. But no legal system could attempt to legislate against bad manners or could ___(5)___ the use of violence against something which it does not itself recognise as a legally punishable offence.