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16 Oct 2024, 11:37
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Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
45%
(medium)
Question Stats:
30% (00:48) correct
70% (01:22) wrong based on 10 sessions
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The gaps in existing accounts of the playwright’s life are not (i)__________, since much of the documentary evidence on which historians have relied is (ii)___________blank
Blank (i)
Blank (ii)
Blank (i)
| A. trifling |
| B. obvious |
| C. implicit |
Blank (ii)
| D. credible |
| E. extant |
| F. incomplete |
24 Feb 2025, 12:24
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The sentence focuses on the relationship between the gaps in existing accounts of a life and the evidence used to produce those accounts. Since “gaps” implies a concern with completeness, the characterization of that evidence that makes the most sense for Blank (ii) is “incomplete.” The other choices, “credible” or “extant,” could explain the accuracy or verifability of the accounts in question but nothing about the gaps themselves. Once it is determined that “incomplete” is the best choice for characterizing the evidence, it follows that the gaps in the accounts based on that evidence would likely be considerable, so the opposite of considerable, “trifling,” is the correct answer for Blank (i).
Thus the correct answer is trifling (Choice A) and incomplete (Choice F).
The sentence focuses on the relationship between the gaps in existing accounts of a life and the evidence used to produce those accounts. Since “gaps” implies a concern with completeness, the characterization of that evidence that makes the most sense for Blank (ii) is “incomplete.” The other choices, “credible” or “extant,” could explain the accuracy or verifability of the accounts in question but nothing about the gaps themselves. Once it is determined that “incomplete” is the best choice for characterizing the evidence, it follows that the gaps in the accounts based on that evidence would likely be considerable, so the opposite of considerable, “trifling,” is the correct answer for Blank (i).
Thus the correct answer is trifling (Choice A) and incomplete (Choice F).
