The National Heritage Fellowship was created to ______ exceptional folk and traditional artists in the United States. One artist who received the fellowship, the taiko drummer Seiichi Tanaka, was chosen for his lifetime contributions to the arts. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Broods of periodical cicadas (inch-long winged insects) emerge for six weeks in late spring on a cycle of either 13 or 17 years. In 2024, the emergences of the Great Southern Brood (on a 13-year cycle) and the Northern Illinois Brood (on a 17-year cycle) coincided in the Midwest and Southeast United States, ______ that happens only once every 221 years. Sixteen states were covered with a trillion cicadas. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Japanese animator and director Hayao Miyazaki often includes fantasy elements in otherwise realistic settings in his movies, but he tends to ______ details and exposition about those elements. Miyazaki simply presents fantastical characters and actions with little backstory or explanation, encouraging viewers to embrace the presence of the extraordinary in everyday life. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

The following text is from Charles Chesnutt’s 1905 novel The Colonel’s Dream. Mr. French and Mr. Kirby work together. Mr. French, the senior partner, who sat opposite Kirby, was an older man—a safe guess would have placed him somewhere in the debatable ground between forty and fifty; of a good height, as could be seen even from the seated figure, the upper part of which was held erect with the unconscious ease which one associates with military training. As used in the text, what does the word “good” most nearly mean?

Portoviejo, Ecuador, was named a City of Gastronomy by UNESCO in 2019, a title that ______ that Portoviejo has a unique and vibrant food culture worthy of celebration. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?