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Craft and Structure practice question
Despite two centuries of scholarship, the ____ belief that the poem was written in a single night refuses to die, repeated in every popular biography.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. persistentCorrect
- B. fleeting
- C. obscure
- D. verified
Answer: A. persistent
Refuses to die, repeated everywhere: persistent.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. fleeting
- Fleeting is the opposite of a belief that endures for centuries.
- C. obscure
- A belief repeated in every biography is not obscure.
- D. verified
- Scholarship has been fighting it, so it is not verified.
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