Directions: For the given question, select one entry for each blank from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks to best complete the text.
We have suffered so long from an art-phase which _(i)__ the personal, as opposed to the cosmic, that we have lost sight of the fact that the great arts of antiquity, preceding the Renaissance, insisted on the cosmic, or _(ii)__ aspect, and on this alone, just as Oriental art does, even today.
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stroked
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shook
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beat
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pelted
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lashed
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Correct answer
Explanation
(1) Modern art exalts the personal, rather than the cosmic that was practiced in the ancient times and is still practiced in the orient. Exalts refers to rise in status and makes sense in context.
(2) The word concerns omits the importance emphasized in the passage.
(3) The art phase will not admire but exalt.
(4) Filler for the second blank must explain the cosmic. 'Critical' does not.
(5) Filler for the second blank must explain the cosmic. Impersonal does.
(6) Filler for the second blank must explain the cosmic. The word 'important' is out of context.