Professor: The most important function of epic poetry is to transmit the values by which a group of people is to live. This transmission is accomplished not by an explicit discussion of those values, but rather by their embodiment in heroic figures, who are presented as role models. Imitating those role models gives meaning and direction to the lives of those who hear the poems. If the professor's statements are true, which one of the following must also be true? ['An important function of poetry is to give meaning and direction to the lives of those who hear or read it.', 'Only epic poetry presents heroic figures as role models that, if imitated, give meaning and direction to the lives of those who hear it.', 'For many groups of people, heroic figures serve as role models embodying the values by which those people are to live.', 'Epic poems accomplish their most important function by presenting heroic figures as role models.']