Multiple choice

Directions: For the following question, choose the option that fills up the blank most correctly.

When the voice of a prophet out of the deeps of antiquity merely echoes to him a sentiment of his infancy, a prayer of his youth, he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the _________ of institutions.

  1. rectitude

  2. caricature

  3. prevarication

  4. pastiche

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B Correct answer
Explanation

'And', before the blank implies that the blank would be characterized by a word that indicates similarity to the phrase 'confusion of tradition'. Of all these options, 'caricature' (burlesque, exaggeration) fits our prediction. Hence, (2) is the answer.

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