For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the

Question:

For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

It struck Professor Steele as _____(i)_____ that the eighteenth-century Bavarians devoted such effort to building houses of worship because at the same time, the rest of Europe’s religious fervor was _____(ii)_____, while movements such as nihilism gained steam.