Read and listen to this extract from Paradise Lost (1667) by

Read and listen to this extract from Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton and choose the sentence which best conveys the main idea. 1 Because they could not hear what the others were saying, the builders did not build the building according to the plan and it looked a ridiculous mess. 2 Instead of understanding each other, as a result of an act of God, all the builders spoke to each other using strange words, so that what they built did not conform to any plan. 3 God appeared to the builders and they were all scared, so that they became speechless and could not work properly. God ... comes down to see the city,... and in derision sets Upon their tongues a various spirit, to raze Quite out their native language, and instead To sow a jangling noise of words unknown. Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud Among the builders; each to other calls Not understood ... Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named.