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Similar to the previous question, this uses a cleft structure 'It was _______'. In formal grammar, the subject complement uses the subject case: 'It was she' who was being thought about.

This is an elliptical comparison: 'Are the Russians freer... than we [are]?' The understood verb 'are' requires the subject case 'we' as the subject of that verb.

This comparison structure requires the subject case in formal grammar: 'as rich as they [are]'. The understood verb 'are' requires 'they' as its subject.

This comparison traditionally uses the object case 'me' in elliptical constructions (than I am vs than me). While formal prescriptivism sometimes argues for 'I', standard English usage accepts 'me' in comparisons of this type.

This comparison follows the pattern of using the object case 'me' after 'as much as' in elliptical constructions. The structure is 'as much as [she loves] me'.

This is an ambiguous construction. Read as 'affect the Russians more than [they affect] us', 'us' is correct as object. But 'more than we [are affected]' would require 'we'. The official answer 'us' favors the object-comparison interpretation.

After a comparative structure like 'more than,' use the object case pronoun when comparing objects. The sentence means Frank loves Harvey more than he loves me, so the object form 'me' is correct.

 Are the russians as free as we are. 

In the case of this sentence, we must use the pronoun 'he'. Him or her are usually used when something is done towards a specific person and when in reference to a specific person, we would say 'he' or 'she'.

 We are more truthful than she is .

They work much faster than we (do). The subjective form will be used as two subjects are being compared.

We are comparing actions of two subjects....She is happy. I am happy. But she is is happier. So both she and I are subjects ...hence, I will be used.

 Lambasted is censured severely or criticize angrily. It is the correct answer. Blamed is to pin a blame on someone. It is not the correct answer. Disapproved is to consider bad or wrong. Grammatically it is not the correct answer. It should have been 'disapproved of'.