Multiple choice

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

Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, have become a manifesto for psychopaths and potential miscreants, is viewed by many high-school administrators as too __________ to be suitable for teenage students.

  1. austere

  2. insipid

  3. provocative

  4. aberrant

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A miscreant is a villain, scoundrel, or criminal. The sentence infers that Catcher In the Rye might provoke (incite) potential miscreants to engage in violent antisocial behavior. Hence, (3) is the answer.