Multiple choice

Directions: For the following question, choose the option that fills up the blank most correctly.
Like Truman, who was never considered a major national figure until Roosevelt's death made him president, Ford attained national prominence only after __________ thrust him into the presidency.

  1. personal ambition

  2. outside circumstance

  3. popular acclaim

  4. political intrigue

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Choose a phrase to fit in the blank that will match the description of how both Truman and Ford attained prominence. You don't need to know history, just realize that Ford's case must have resembled Truman's, in which pure accident (or “outside circumstances”) made him president. Hence, (2) is the answer.

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