DIRECTIONS for the question: Fill in the blank with the right options provided.
Johnson was such an outstanding orator, that his contemporaries were too dazzled by his ____ to question his fundamental philosophy.
A)
persona
B)
guile
C)
enthusiasm
D)
thinking
E)
rhetoric
E
The word ‘orator’ tell us that Johnson was a fine speaker. It is likely that people were dazzled by his speaking powers or rhetoric. (persona = character; guile = cunning; rhetoric = the art of persuasive speaking)
