1. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was regarded as______, even as a sign of madness.
(A) adventurous
(B) frivolous
(C) willful
(D) impermissible
(E) irrational
2. As serious as she is about the bullfight, she does not allow respect to______her sense of whimsy when painting it.
(A) inspire
(B) provoke
(C) suppress
(D) attack
(E) satisfy
3. Despite assorted effusions to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism, and, quite possibly, there may be something of a______between them.
(A) generality
(B) fusion
(C) schism
(D) congruity
(E) dichotomy