Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentences are five words labeled A and E. Choose the words or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Example:

Medieval kingdoms did not become constitutional republics overnight, on the contrary, the change was_______

(A) unpopular

(B) unexpected

(C) sufficient

(D) gradual

 Crazy Love, by Elias Miguel Munoz, is an ---- novel: it takes the form of a series of letters.

(A) archetypal (B) epistolary (C) inauspicious (D) inconspicuous (E) illusory