243. Some readers find the crime fiction of Patricia Highsmith to be ______ because her protagonists are not always punished for their ______ .
A. unprincipled, altruism
B. ethical, malfeasance
C. redemptive, temperance
D. immoral, transgressions
E. prescriptive, foibles
244. People did not suddenly learn to use fire, but did so slowly over time with countless advances offset by ______ periods.
A. explosive
B. fertile
C. predictable
D. contemplative
E. regressive