165. The prose of Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy (1945) is ______ , free of stylistic tricks or evasiveness.
A. imprecise
B. straightforward
C. deficient
D. obtrusive
E. elliptical
166. It seemed from the size of the crowd, which was ______ , and the resonance of its cheers, which were ______ ,that the team was experiencing a resurgence of popularity.
A. vast, hollow
B. sparse, thunderous
C. enormous, deafening
D. unimpressive, muted
E. negligible, musing