Help in TC question : GRE Big book test 5

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In this above question, why the answer is not C; I think A is wrong due to vocational and B and D are wrong due to colourfully and subtly. So is the answer E due to word richness ???

Here, article for prayer/ritual is being contrasted with article for mundane
/everyday use and hence everyday is accurate description of the blank.

Hey,
Basically “:” means support so "richness and extraordinary attention to prayer/ritual article " this will stay through second blank as well.
For first blank they’re decorated how - with richness and extraordinary attention means lavishly
For second blank you see “than” key word it indicates contrast, now “than” is used with “Article” so we need to contract on the basis of article used. First blank article that are decorated are for prayer/ritual (like for special occasion) for contrast we need article that’s for everyday. so E would be the better choice
Creative doesn’t mean it need to rich in style or extraordinary attention (creative means that usually out of box) and second blank religious (remember we need to contrast not support)