Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank.

He had taken the shocking news quietly, neither ________ fate nor uttering any word of bitterness.

  1. submitting to

  2. railing against

  3. conspiring with

  4. dissenting from
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Railing against means complaining angrily or protesting vigorously. The contrast is between 'quietly' accepting the news and the opposite action - 'railing against' fate instead of accepting it. Submitting to would mean accepting (not contrast), conspiring with and dissenting from don't create the right contrast structure.

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