Cloze Test – Test 166

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is (21) in the hands of one person, (21) decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints (23) regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection). (24) monarchy (such as Saudi Arabia) and dictatorship are the main historical forms of autocracy. In earlier times, the term "autocrat" was coined as a favorable feature of the ruler, having some connection to the concept of "lack of conflicts of interests" as well as an indication (25) grandeur and power, the Tsar for example was styled, "Autocrat of all the Russias", as late as the early 20th century.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is (21) in the hands of one person, (21) decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints (23) regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection). (24) monarchy (such as Saudi Arabia) and dictatorship are the main historical forms of autocracy. In earlier times, the term "autocrat" was coined as a favorable feature of the ruler, having some connection to the concept of "lack of conflicts of interests" as well as an indication (25) grandeur and power, the Tsar for example was styled, "Autocrat of all the Russias", as late as the early 20th century.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power is (21) in the hands of one person, (21) decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints (23) regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection). (24) monarchy (such as Saudi Arabia) and dictatorship are the main historical forms of autocracy. In earlier times, the term "autocrat" was coined as a favorable feature of the ruler, having some connection to the concept of "lack of conflicts of interests" as well as an indication (25) grandeur and power, the Tsar for example was styled, "Autocrat of all the Russias", as late as the early 20th century.