TC, Big book test #18 Section 4 Q#6

  1. Like many eighteenth-century scholars who-lived
    by cultivating those in power, Winckelmann
    neglected to neutralize, by some ------- gesture of
    comradeship, the resentment his peers were
    bound to feel because of his ------- the high and
    mighty.
    (A) quixotic … intrigue with
    (B) enigmatic … familiarity with
    (C) propitiatory … involvement with
    (D) salutary … questioning of
    (E) unfeigned … sympathy for

Clue is : Cultivating those in power : → Thus, Blank(ii) will be a world related to friendship the high and might (People in Power). Now, if he wants to be friendly with the high and mighty ; he will support them in all scenarios thus, he neglected to neutralize , by some appease/peacful (Blank i) gesture of comradeship

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Why not E?