1. In this selection, the author

A. appears to regret that men see themselves in terms of their jobs.

B. appears to applaud the specialization of labor.

C. ridicules man, his society, and his world.

D. is happy because workers have been released from drudgery.

E. states that mechanics now do what man used to do.

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A. appears to regret that men see themselves in terms of their jobs.

Explanation:

Indeed, the author's use of expressions shows that he regrets that men see themselves in terms of their jobs.  For example, he wrote, "The fable implies that the individual, to posses himself must sometimes return from his own labor to embrace all the other laborers".

After stating the various jobs of man he concluded, "The tradesman scarcely ever gives an ideal worth to his work, but is ridden by the routine of his craft."

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.