Having been ------- as immoral by some reviewers of Tess of the D' Urbervilles four years earlier, Hardy subsequently------- to preface his work with declamatory caveats.

A． quack: falsehood
B． jest: enigma
C． word: charade
D． direction: signal
E． geometry: sign

A． sculptor: chisel
B． obstetrician: scalpel
C． caricaturist: publication
D． hangman: gibbet
E． judge: gavel