23. Toni Cade Bambara's novels are engrossing because the protagonists, in striving to achieve goals, are not simply ______ characters.
A. passive
B. tangible
C. abandoned
D. autonomous
E. redundant
24. Once his integrity had been ______ , the mayoral candidate was quick both to ______ these attacks and to issue counterattacks.
A. debunked, buttress
B. restored, recommence
C. revoked, relinquish
D. impugned, repudiate
E. vitiated, avoid