Multiple choice

To know the Old and New Testaments by heart and be able to recite them _____, forward or backward, or begin at random anywhere in the book, and recite both ways, is no _____ mass of knowledge, compared to a pilot's massed knowledge of the Mississippi and his ________ facility in the handling of it.

  1. waveringly; rampant; dynamic

  2. glibly; extravagant; marvelous

  3. vacillatingly; exuberant; wonderful

  4. wobbly; scarce; entertaining

  5. gawkily; prolific; inherent

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (2): 'Glibly' is the only word that goes with knowing the Old and New Testaments by heart and reciting them forward or backward. This cramming up is no 'extravagant' mass of knowledge compared to a pilots 'marvelous' handling.