Directions: Select the most appropriate filler(s) for the blank(s) such that the sentence makes coherent sense.

Although she was not a very ____________ writer, the few works she did produce earned for her the adulation of such diverse groups as the avant-garde poet and the __________ literary critics.

The second blank would be replaced by the word that is opposite to avant-garde (Diverse provides the clue). ‘Avant–Garde’ refers to leaders in new or unconventional movements. Of all the options, ‘mainstream’ in (2) is opposite to avant-garde. Moreover, although in the sentence sets up the contrast. ‘Prolific’ (abundant) is contrary to 'few works', therefore option 2 gives a cogent meaning to the sentence.