Continuing the same passage, consider the sentence: "It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl." Select the option that best completes the sentence to show that English has kept this biased view alive.

Introduction / Context:
This question again draws on the same critical passage about language and animals. The author argues that English maintains a biased, cross eyed view of animals. The blank requires a verb that describes how such a view continues over time. You need to choose a word that fits both the grammar of the sentence and the idea of keeping a wrong view alive from generation to generation.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Sentence: It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl.
• The subject It refers to English as a language.
• Options: accompanied, exercised, perpetuated, undeterred.
• The surrounding sentences describe English as a distorting lens and explain how the very word "animal" can suggest baseness and vulgarity.

Concept / Approach:
The central idea is continuity of a negative perception. A word that means to keep something going, especially something harmful, is perpetuate. If a culture or language perpetuates a stereotype, it means it continues that stereotype rather than correcting it. Accompanied, exercised, and undeterred do not carry this sense. Grammar is also important: has perpetuated is a correct present perfect form, indicating an effect from past to present. Therefore the most suitable choice is perpetuated.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Identify the required tense and aspect. The sentence uses has plus past participle, so we need a verb whose past participle sounds natural after has. Step 2: Consider perpetuated. The phrase has perpetuated a view is standard English for has kept a particular way of seeing things alive over time. This matches the idea that English maintains a cross eyed view. Step 3: Consider accompanied. Has accompanied a cross eyed view sounds odd, because accompany means to go together with something, not to keep it going. Step 4: Consider exercised. Exercise usually takes objects like power, control or caution; has exercised a cross eyed view is not a normal collocation and does not convey continuity. Step 5: Consider undeterred. Undeterred is an adjective or past participle that usually modifies a person or group, as in undeterred by the difficulties, and is not normally used as a transitive verb in this way. Step 6: Only perpetuated gives both the correct grammatical form and the intended meaning of continuing a biased view.

Verification / Alternative check:
Replacing the blank with perpetuated, the sentence reads: It has perpetuated a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. This makes perfect sense and is a typical phrase in critical writing about language. The present perfect tense emphasises that English has for a long time maintained such a view and that its influence continues into the present, which is consistent with the overall argument of the passage. The other options either disrupt the grammar or weaken the meaning.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Accompanied suggests that English has gone along with a cross eyed view, but in the passage, English is not just a companion to that view; it is a major reason why the view continues. The nuance is wrong.
Exercised is usually followed by words like authority, caution or influence. A cross eyed view cannot naturally be exercised, so this option feels linguistically forced.

Common Pitfalls:
In cloze tests, many candidates choose words based only on partial meaning, for example, seeing that exercised is a formal verb and assuming it must fit. However, correctness in English depends heavily on collocation, the natural combination of words. The phrase perpetuate a myth or perpetuate a stereotype is common in academic and journalistic writing, making perpetuated the most natural choice here. Training yourself to notice such typical combinations while reading will help you avoid such traps.

Final Answer:
The correct completion is perpetuated, so the sentence becomes: It has perpetuated a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl.