Which word can refer to a person with frenetic energy or to a Sufi ascetic?

Which word can refer to a person with frenetic energy or to a Sufi ascetic?

• A. Monk
• B. Dervish
• C. Zealot
• D. Enthusiast

Answer: (B)

Think of a term that can describe both a Sufi ascetic and a person moving with intense, frenetic energy. Dervish is the word for a Sufi mystic known for austere, ascetic practices. In common usage, the phrase “whirling dervish” evokes someone spinning and acting with wild, energetic motion, which captures the second sense. The other options don’t cover both ideas: a monk is a religious recluse but not the frenzied sense; a zealot is a fanatic but not tied to Sufi asceticism; an enthusiast is simply energetic without the ascetic or mystical connotation.

Think of a term that can describe both a Sufi ascetic and a person moving with intense, frenetic energy. Dervish is the word for a Sufi mystic known for austere, ascetic practices. In common usage, the phrase “whirling dervish” evokes someone spinning and acting with wild, energetic motion, which captures the second sense. The other options don’t cover both ideas: a monk is a religious recluse but not the frenzied sense; a zealot is a fanatic but not tied to Sufi asceticism; an enthusiast is simply energetic without the ascetic or mystical connotation.