Test: SSAT Upper Level Reading

Adapted from "After the Race" from Dubliners by James Joyce (1914)

Their sympathy, however, was for the blue cars—the cars of their friends, the French. The French, moreover were natural victors. Their team had finished solidly: they had been placed second and third and the driver of the winning German car was reported a Belgian. Each blue car, therefore, received a double measure of welcome as it topped the crest of the hill and each cheer of welcome was acknowledged with smiles and nods by those in the car.

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What does the word "sympathy" mean in the sentence above?

They enjoyed classical French music.

They felt pity for the French.

They were rooting for the French.

They hated the French.

They empathized with the French.

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