<p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#27ae60;">The Right Answer</span></span></p>
<p>You want to use <u><strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Math Strategy</span></strong></u> for this 1-blanker. The phrase "in that" indicates that the two ideas support each other. Looking to the right of that phrase, we see that "dramatic literature takes as its subject matter the important events..." We want to repeat, or at least go along with, this idea in the blank. So I would guess a word like "uses," "takes in," or "talks about."</p>
<p>The best match for these guesses is <span style="color:#27ae60;">recapitulates</span>.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#e74c3c;">The Wrong Answers</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">confounds</span>: This choice <b>has no evidence. </b>There is no evidence that the history is either being confused or clarified.</li>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">repudiates</span>: This choice <strong>contradicts</strong> the logic of the sentence. Dramatic literature is "taking in" the subject matter, not rejecting it.</li>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">anticipates</span>: This choice is wrong from a <b>usage</b> point of view. How can you "anticipate" the HISTORY of something?</li>
<li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">polarizes</span>: This choice is wrong from a <strong>usage</strong> point of view. What does it mean to "polarize" a history? Makes no sense.</li>
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