Discussion
Honest men speak __________ truth.
Answer: C
The answer is the: Honest men speak the truth.
Speak the truth and tell the truth are fixed expressions. The definite article is used because the truth means the true facts of the matter in question, a definite thing rather than one truth among many.
A and an do not fit the fixed phrase (and an could not stand before the consonant sound of truth in any case). With no article, speak truth is found only in old or poetic English and is not the expected answer here.
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