Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).

Tempers ran high among the old timers, who ________ the young mayor and his _______ city council.

  1. despised, bewitching

  2. applauded, elite

  3. resented, revolutionary

  4. forgave, activist

  5. feared, indolent

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The second part of the sentence has to provide reasons for the tempers among old timers being high. The old timers are annoyed because of the ways of the young mayor. 'Resentment' is natural because of the 'revolutionary' (new) city council.

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