amorphous wrote:
The movie comprises several vignettes, each presenting a character along with his or her foil: a staid accountant shares an apartment with a(n) ____________ musician; a tight-lipped divorcee on a cross-country roadtrip picks up a(n) ____________ hitchhiker; and finally, and perhaps most unconvincingly, an introverted mathematician falls in love with a(n) ____________ arriviste.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
(A) colorful | (D) garrulous | (G) unpredictable |
(B) insatiable | (E) untrustworthy | (H) gregarious |
(C)eminent | (F) forlorn | (I) bumbling |
Two people are FOILS if one is the opposite of the other.
The accountant is
staid.
staid = serious and boring.
Therefore, the musician must be NOT SERIOUS and NOT BORING.
The only viable option is
colorful (A).
colorful = interesting and exciting.
The divorcee is
tight-lipped.
tight-lipped = does not speak a lot.
Therefore, the hitchhiker must SPEAK A LOT.
The only viable option is
garrulous (D).
garrulous = talks a lot.
The mathematician is
introverted.
introverted = inward-looking, shy, reserved.
Therefore, the arriviste must be OUTWARD-LOOKING, NOT SHY and NOT RESERVED.
The only viable option is
gregarious (H).
gregarious = enjoys being with other people.