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The viewers complained that the show’s theme song was too ----- for its cheerful plot, having no more pep and vigor than a -------.

A tedious … jingle
B inchoate … lullaby
C lugubrious … dirge
D facetious … ballad
E sprightly … eulogy

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Even though the show had a cheerful plot the theme song was too melancholy or lugubrious, and the theme song lacked pep and vigor like a dirge (a mournful song usually a lament for the dead). The answer is (c) lugubrious ... dirge.