Having no sense of moral obligation, Shipler was as
little subject to the ------- of conscience after he
acted as he was motivated by its ------- before he
acted.
(A) rewards. .chastisement
(B) balm. .eloquence
(C) reproaches. .promptings
(D) ridicule. .allure
(E) qualms. .atonement
Shipler(S guy) has no moral obligation and we don’t have any contrasting words before blank(i) thus, blank(i) would be something -ve.
Now, conscience is opposite of no moral obligations and we got the phrase as little as so, our overall sentence becomes:
- S guy is as little subject to the ridicule/reproaches[blank(i)] of conscience after he acted. —> blank(i)
- S guy is as little motivated by its(conscience) advice [blank(ii)] before he acted. → blank(ii)
Ans: C