Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
One of the myths relevant to the contemporary human condition is that of Prometheus. It has positive and optimistic ##QUESTION_1##. Man can better himself and aspire ##QUESTION_2## higher worlds through his own efforts, ##QUESTION_3##, in the process, he may ##QUESTION_4## terrible tribulations, wars, revolutions, tortures of the ##QUESTION_5## and the spirit. Time and again he would be tempted to throw ##QUESTION_6## the towel, or retire into ##QUESTION_7## and to the dream world of drugs and ##QUESTION_8##. But he will not, if made of the ##QUESTION_9## of Prometheus, be diverted. He will stick ##QUESTION_10##. his goal, as Prometheus did in stealing fire from the Gods, suffering
terrible retribution for his pains.