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Craft and Structure practice question

The lecture had been advertised for weeks, yet the hall was ____: only a dozen people sat scattered among three hundred empty seats.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. sparsely attendedCorrect
  2. B. richly appointed
  3. C. widely praised
  4. D. carefully planned

Answer: A. sparsely attended

A dozen people in three hundred seats.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. richly appointed
About furnishings.
C. widely praised
Praise is not attendance.
D. carefully planned
Planning does not describe the empty seats.

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