149. In 1974 the committee overseeing the Pulitzer Prize in Literature was ______ so much ______ that it bestowed no award at all that year.
A. plagued by, concordance
B. afforded with, esteem
C. exempt from, debate
D. racked with, dissension
E. emboldened by, scrutiny
150. Pablo Picasso was ______ youth, his extraordinary artistic talent was obvious at a very early age.
A. an articulate
B. an immature
C. a disturbed
D. a precocious
E. a callow