Multiple choice

Directions: In the following sentence, there are two blank spaces. Find out which pair of words can be used to fill in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningful and complete.

Shakespeare's ________ of Richard III is so ________ that it is difficult to imagine that the ruler had been dead for more than a century before the Bard cast him as the central character in one of his plays.

  1. caricature, inventive

  2. expression, droll

  3. depiction, vivid

  4. rendition, candid

  5. treatment, poignant

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The first part of the sentence (containing both missing words) must explain why it is difficult to imagine that Richard III had been dead for so long when Shakespeare wrote the play. A vivid (lifelike or realistic) depiction (characterization or description) of the ruler would provide just such an explanation.