7. The _______ with which merchants and landowners in early-nineteenth-century Maryland and Virginia ________ Joshua Johnston's professional services attests to his artistic skill as a portrait painter.
A. avidness, sought
B. diffidence, purchased
C. patience, replaced
D. elegance, regarded
E. zealousness, overlooked

8. The man's colleagues characterized him as _______ because he had an irritable, quarrelsome disposition.
A. tyrannical
B. disingenuous
C. sanctimonious
D. cantankerous
E. morose

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