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Multiple Choice Questions

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no 3 ........

English Language (MTS) Fill in the blanks

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
When he died on 27 November 1953, Gladstone O'Neill was (1) ______ recognised as one of the major dramatists of the modern world.
Four times a Pulitzer Prize-winner, he had also been (2) ______ the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature. His plays have been translated into
most major languages and read by more people than those of (3) ______ other playwright except W Shakespeare and maybe G Bernard
Shaw. O'Neill was a puzzle to his friends - a genuinely shy, brooding, complicated man in whom (4) ______ alternated with touching
kindness. He was both, naive and worldly. One biographer found him "sentimental one instant, hard as nails the next." His widow, after
26 years with O'Neill, said, "To (5) ______ his work you must understand the man, for the work and the man are one."

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

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Explanation:

- The passage discusses the recognition and achievements of the playwright Gladstone O'Neill.

- Statement (3) compares the readership of O'Neill's plays with other playwrights, highlighting the popularity of his work.

- Option 1: "none" suggests not a single playwright except W Shakespeare and maybe G Bernard Shaw surpasses him. This option isn’t suitable as it rules out the existence of any other playwrights.

- Option 2: "few" implies there are only a small number of playwrights whose works have been read by more people than O'Neill's, which is a possible option.

- Option 3: "any" implies no other playwright has been read by more people except the mentioned ones. This gives the impression that it may be too extreme.

- Option 4: "some" indicates that there is an unspecified, but notable number of playwrights apart from the others mentioned. This doesn’t fit as well logically because it needs more specificity.

Given this analysis, Option 2: "few" fits best.

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