Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).

When listening to a medieval Gregorian chant, the listener does not encounter the composer's individual personality, _____, the chant merely _____ both the musical and religious rules of the period.

  1. moreover, ricochet

  2. rather, embodies

  3. instead, belies

  4. in other words, reverberate
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The operative word in this sentence is 'merely', which calls for a contrast between the first and second clause. The first blank should set up that contrast. Only (2) and (3) accomplish this. Of these two choices, only (2) makes complete sense, as the word 'belies' means 'misleads or deceives' and makes no sense here in tandem with the word 'merely'. Hence, (2) is the answer.

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