3. During periods of social and cultural stability, many art academies are so firmly controlled by----that all real creative work must be done by the----.
(A) dogmatists.. disenfranchised
(B) managers.. reactionaries
(C) reformers.. dissatisfied
(D) imposters.. academicians
(E) specialists.. elite
oa : SPOILER: a
4. The First World War began in a context of jargon and verbal delicacy and continued in a cloud of ____ as ______ as language and literature, skillfully used, could make it.
A. circumlocution...literal
B. cliche ... lucid
C. euphemism... impenetrable
D. particularity... deliberate
E. subjectivity... enthralling
oa:
SPOILER: c