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

One might sometimes wonder whether some of the stories passed down through generations are veritable or ____(i)___; whether the heroes had such endless mettle or were, in their hearts, occasionally ____(ii)____; and whether the denizens of the times described were really so ____(ii)____, or were perhaps tinged with a bit of guile.

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Blank (i) heretical jejune apocryphal Blank (ii) pusillanimous arrant insouciant Blank (iii) halcyon ingenuous piquant