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Here's your Shmoop du jour... Which words could fill in the blanks so that

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the sentence below makes sense?

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According to his autobiography, noted polymath Benjamin Franklin sees education as an active

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and ongoing blank rather than a(n) blank and limited training ground.

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And here are the potential answers...

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In this sentence, the phrase "rather than" tells us that we'll need to look for opposing

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ideas. Opposite ones. Ones on the other side.

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In the red corner, wearing green trunks with gold trim, we have something that's "active

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and ongoing."

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In the blue corner, wearing black trunks with white trim, we have some kind of limited training

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ground.

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Since it's easier to find an antonym for "active" than for "training ground," let's start with

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the second blank.

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"Expanded" is not the opposite of passive.

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Neither is "liberal."

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Or "free."

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Or "unbounded."

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Looks like we're putting our money on (B). "Passive" is the only word that means nonactive...

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...and "vocation" refers to active employment, not training.

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(B) wins in a 12th-round knockout.

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