Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Inspired interim responses to hitherto unknown problems, new deal economic stratagems became ________ as a result of bureaucratization, their flexibility and adaptability destroyed by their transformation into rigid policies.

  1. politicized

  2. consolidated

  3. ossified

  4. ungovernable

  5. streamlined
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C Correct answer
Explanation

"...their flexibility and adaptability destroyed by their transformation into rigid policies." Ossification means to turn to bone or become rigid and stagnant.

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