Question

“The hold of the nationalist imagination on our colonial past is such that anything inadequately or improperly nationalist is just not history.”

Which of the following statements best reflects the author's opinion?
1. Nationalists are highly imaginative.
2. History is viewed through the filter of nationalism.
3. Our colonial past never happened.
4. Nationalism has to be both adequately and properly imagined.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : History is viewed through the filter of nationalism.

The author is saying that the hold of the nationalist imagination is on our country's colonial history, but it is not always necessary that anything that is not completely nationalist is not history. History and nationalism can be seen together but not always. Sometimes, history is viewed through the imagination of nationalism.

So, the correct answer is, "History is viewed through the filter of nationalism."