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Answer Blank (i): Context will help you complete this blank. This is also an instance when you might find it easier to begin by filling in one of the other blanks. Choice A doesn't make sense in the context because poetry would add vibrancy to the theater, but the sentence says that the position of poetry has been diminished in modern plays. Choices B and C are somewhat similar in meaning, but choice C, "resemblance," doesn't make sense if you read it in the sentence. Choice B, "verisimilitude," meaning "something that has the appearance of being real," is the answer by the process of elimination.
Answer Blank (ii): Choice E, "final," is redundant; an end is final. Choice F, "limited," doesn't make sense; how can you have a limited end? Choice D, "welcome," is the correct answer by the process of elimination, but more importantly because it means "giving pleasure."
Answer Blank (iii): The word that you're looking for has to balance "convincing." Choice I, "more believable," is similar to "more convincing," so choosing it would be redundant. There is nothing in the passage to indicate that modern plays should be "more cerebral" [choice H] because playwrights can't use rant and rhetoric. Choice G, "more forceful," meaning "effective," is the best choice.