Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks.
The olive–trees, according to Athenian fables, were reared from layers ________ the sacred olive in the Erechtheum and ________ the oil given as a prize to victors at the Panathenean festival.
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in, distilled
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beyond, infused
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surrounding, decocted
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waylay, extracted
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taken from, afforded
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Correct answer
Explanation
‘Erechtheum’ is a temple on the Acropolis in Athens, built 5th cent. B.C; thereby distinguishing the ‘olive–trees’ in beginning of the sentence and ‘sacred olives’ after the blank. This implies that the olive–trees that were reared at some other place were taken from the sacred olive trees in Erechtheum temple in Athens. Thus, ‘taken from’ in (5) gives sense to the first blank.