Answer the multiple-choice question about main idea based on the content of the paragraph below.
“Violence,” announced 1960s Black Power advocate H. Rap Brown, “is as American as cherry pie.” At that time, his words outraged many, who not only considered them unpatriotic but also a justification of violence on the part of Brown’s own group, the Black Panthers.
Several decades later, however, few will dispute that the United States is a very violent society, although when it comes to violence, this country does not have a monopoly. Violence is indeed as American as cherry pie, but also as British as boiled beef, as Russian as caviar, as Japanese as sushi. Not only is violence disturbingly widespread, but it also enjoys a very old pedigree. Thus, although it seems unlikely to be “inherently” American (or British, or Russian, or Japanese), the evidence strongly suggests that violence is “inherently” human—violence seems likely to be deeply ensconced in our biological natures.
The main thesis of the passage is that violence
a. is caused by a biologically based flaw in Americans.
b. began with the Black Panther movement.
c. is inherently human.
c. is inherently human.
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