Key sentence analysis: "In order to confirm their abnormal status, many of the Undead were often accorded attributes, which defied the natural order of things." This means: People gave the Undead strange, unnatural powers -> to prove they were abnormal beings. From passage: "The power to transform themselves into other shapes, the ability to sustain themselves by drinking human blood, and the ability to influence human minds across a distance." Thought process: Humans created stories -> gave Undead weird powers (shapeshifting, blood-drinking) -> to show these creatures are not normal like us.

Common student confusion: You might think this is about what the Undead actually are versus how humans imagine them. The key is recognizing this passage talks about human storytelling and folklore, not real creatures. 🟢 Option 1 -> correct -> captures that humans imagine/create the concept of Undead having abnormal features 🔴 Option 2 -> logic-reversal -> suggests Undead start normal then become abnormal, but passage says humans give them abnormal traits from the start 🔴 Option 3 -> scope-shift -> talks about "deification" and "divine attributes" which isn't mentioned in the quoted line at all 🟠 Option 4 -> context-confusion -> focuses on rejecting natural order rather than the main point about humans giving Undead abnormal characteristics Answer: Option 1 correctly identifies that this is about human conceptualization - how people imagine and create stories about the Undead having strange powers.

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