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Charlotte Salomon's biography is a reminder that the currents of private life, however diverted, dislodged, or twisted by____________ public events, retain their hold on the _________ recording them. a)transitory..culture b)dramatic..majority c)overpowering..individual d)conventional..audience e)relentless..institution

I did not understand "People should not be praised for their virtue if they lack the energy to be__________". If the people have no energy of good than they should not be praised. Is this not the meaning of this phrase? Why "bad" word should fit in the first blank?

The sociologist responded to the charge that her new theory was __________ by pointing out that it did not in fact contradict accepted sociological principles. a)banal b)heretical c)unproven d)complex e)superficial People should not be praised for their virtue if they lack the energy to be_________; in such cases, goodness is merely the effect of __________. a)depraved..hesitation b)cruel..effortlessness c)wicked..indolence d)unjust..boredom e)iniquitous..impiety No longer________ by the belief that the world around us was expressly designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual_______ for that lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism.a)satisfied..reasons b)sustained..substitutes c)reassured..justifications d)hampered..equivalents e)restricted..paralles