Multiple choice

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

Changes of fashion and public taste are often __________ and resistant to analysis, and yet they are among the most ________ gauges of the state of the public’s collective consciousness.

  1. transparent ….useful

  2. ephemeral …sensitive

  3. faddish … underutilized

  4. arbitrary … problematic

  5. permanent … reliable
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Changes of fashion and public taste are often aephemeral (short-lived) and resistant to analysis, and yet they are among the most  sensitive (fits with gauges) gauges of the state of the public’s collective consciousness.

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