Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blanks.

The ________ of religion expressed by Epicures and Lucretius is not altogether easy to understand, if one accepts the conventional accounts of the ________ of the Greek religion and ritual.

  1. symbolism, enigma

  2. adulation, interrogation

  3. hatred, cheerfulness

  4. trauma, grandness

  5. implacability, reconnaissance
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Not easy to understand' makes it necessary for the two fillers to be antonymous. Both the suggested fillers meet the requirement. Given the 'cheerfulness' of conventional accounts of their religion, the philosophers' hatred is what is surprising. 

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