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Section 3 Q8 (Murray): 'Murray ... has been eminent ... although often regarded with (i) ____, but the most (ii) ____ of these paintings (iii) ____ all doubts.' Which set best fills the three blanks?

Apartiality, problematic, exculpate
Bcredulity, disparaged, whet
Cpartiality, successful, whet
Dambivalence, successful, assuage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. ambivalence, successful, assuage
The sentence says Murray's paintings finally resolve a mixed reception. Blank (i) needs a mixed-feeling word toward her past work, so ambivalence, not partiality or credulity. Blank (ii) needs a positive adjective for the paintings that close the case, so successful, not problematic or disparaged. Blank (iii) needs a verb meaning to put doubts to rest, so assuage, not whet (which sharpens) or exculpate (which absolves a person, not a doubt).
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