Multiple choice

Directions: The question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words, for each blank that best fits in the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

To know the Old and New Testaments by heart and be able to recite them _____, forward or backward, or begin at random anywhere in the book, and recite both ways, is no _____ mass of knowledge, compared to a pilot’s massed knowledge of the Mississippi and his marvelous facility in the handling of it.

  1. waveringly; rampant

  2. glibly; extravagant

  3. vacillatingly; exuberant

  4. wobbly; scarce

  5. gawkily; prolific
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Out of all the options for the first blank; ‘glibly’ is the only word that substantiates the first blank as the clue is given by forward or backward in the sentence. Checking the sentence for the second blank, ‘extravagant’ gives a coherent meaning to the whole sentence thereby confirming that (2) is the answer.

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