6）In The Waste Land, the great despair of modern existence doesn’t just come from a sense of meaninglessness, but from a very deep________ . A: A. regret B: B. diffidence C: C. loneliness D: D. remorse

Because Russell was such a memorable and _____ public speaker, many people mistook his ability to talk about a wide range of topics for genuine _____. A: enervating, inquisitiveness B: charismatic, animosity C: fluent, evasiveness D: daunting, diffidence E: adroit, erudition