Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted Beneath the sentence ate five, words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word 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) advantageous (D) sufficient (E) gradual

The review was ----, recounting the plays felicities and its flaws without unduly emphasizing one or the other. · 

(A) equitable (B) immoderate (C) cumulative (D) unproductive (E) adulatory