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

Rosita Peru, who rose to become the highest ranking female in the television industry, was; ---- recruited: Spanish language program producers courted her persistently. 

·(A) indiscriminately (B) enigmatically (C) vicariously (D) rancorously ( E) assiduously