Multiple choice

As a musician, he was a ___; but as a father, he was ___.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. maestro; artistic

  2. genius; specialist

  3. expect; maven

  4. virtuoso; ineffectual

  5. dilettante; skilled

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The word ‘but’ tells us that their is a contradiction. ‘Virtuoso’ is a person who has a great technical skill in some art, whereas ‘ineffectual' means not able to produce the desired effect. Thus, option (4) is correct. All the other options are synonyms.

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