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01 Apr 2025, 02:39
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35%
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Question Stats:
80% (00:31) correct
20% (00:30) wrong based on 5 sessions
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Peculiarly enough, Shakespeare has been often (i) ______ as the best English language playwright, and often (ii) ______ as a man lacking the education to write those plays.
Blank (i)
A. crowned
B. stigmatized
C. castigated
Blank (ii)
D. demonized
E. dismissed
F. deified
Blank (i)
A. crowned
B. stigmatized
C. castigated
Blank (ii)
D. demonized
E. dismissed
F. deified
05 Apr 2025, 12:48
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“Peculiarly enough” indicates that the blanks oppose each other, and “best English language playwright” indicates that blank (i) must be positive, so blank (ii) must be negative. “Crowned” is the only positive word choice for the first blank and is the correct answer; “stigmatized” means condemned, and “castigated” means scolded. In the second blank, “deified” has a positive tone and doesn’t express the contrast that the sentence suggests, while “demonized” is much too strong an attitude to direct towards someone for lacking education; “dismissed” is a more appropriate word and the correct answer.
Answer: A,E
“Peculiarly enough” indicates that the blanks oppose each other, and “best English language playwright” indicates that blank (i) must be positive, so blank (ii) must be negative. “Crowned” is the only positive word choice for the first blank and is the correct answer; “stigmatized” means condemned, and “castigated” means scolded. In the second blank, “deified” has a positive tone and doesn’t express the contrast that the sentence suggests, while “demonized” is much too strong an attitude to direct towards someone for lacking education; “dismissed” is a more appropriate word and the correct answer.
Answer: A,E
