THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D). NOTICE THAT IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE T...

16. The correct answer is (D). Notice that in the preceding sentence the author uses the

phrase “dared to publicly assert the intellectual freedom . . . . ” This phrase suggests a

challenge to political authority. Although the inference in choice (D) is not self-evident,

choice (D) is nevertheless a more reasonable explanation than any of the other four

choices for the author’s use of the word “understandably.”