Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

　　Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 

　　Although often victims of circumstance, the heroines of Shakespearean comedy tend to be ------- women, usually ready with a clever stratagem or verbal ploy for getting out of a difficult situation.

　　(A) imperious

　　(B) suffering

　　(C) excitable

　　(D) resourceful

　　(E) precocious

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　　The correct answer is D

　　Explanation

　　Only “resourceful” logically completes the sentence: a resourceful woman would be one who is “ready with a clever stratagem or verbal ploy for getting out of a difficult situation.”