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the central idea of this excerpt is that material possessions do not seem to be as beautiful as nature itself, as pointed out in the excerpt, 'the sun and stars are lovelier than jewels and shine just as bright', showing that the jewels, material possessions, are not even close in beauty and value to that of the sun and stars. Similarly, in the sentence 'Utopians are surprised by the great value placed on jewels, cloth, and gold.', which says that utopians are people who do not value materialistic goods, rather choosing to stick to the beauty of natural and far more beautiful simple objects, which do not complicate their lives.
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D. Utopians are surprised by the great value placed on jewels, cloth, and gold.
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