OE

B, D, I Because the first two blanks are so close to one another and are directly related, it is helpful to make a prediction for both of them together. Since the employees are being allowed to approach “more exciting projects,” it must be true that they are allowed to avoid the boring ones, so a prediction of “avoid” for blank (i) and “boring” for blank (ii) works well. (B) eschew and (D) quotidian are great synonyms for these predictions and are correct. (A) undertake and (F) arresting, meaning “exciting,” are the opposite of the meaning of this portion of the sentence. (C) supplement misses the mark as well; “in favor of” indicates replacement of one set of tasks for another, while supplement would imply simply adding the exciting tasks while still doing the boring ones. Finally, (E) latent means “hidden” or “undeveloped,” which does not fit the clues provided by the sentence. The clues for blank (iii) span the entire sentence. The author is comparing companies that allow “flexibility” to companies that do not, so blank (iii) should mean something along the lines of “strict.” Of the answer choices, only (I) authoritarian is a match. (H) lax would describe the more flexible companies mentioned earlier, and there is no indication that the companies are being (G) disingenuous, or “insincere.”