Restoration Comedy was the result of a revival of the theatre 1660, aftering being banned during the Puritan days of England.
The genre was quite raunchy for the time, and mocked many elements of contemporary British society, like Wilde's play did. It also did not attempt to impose a morality on its works, preferring rather to create art for the sake of art, like The Importance of Being Earnest.
For the first question, the answer would be D. (It supports the idea that living in a foreign country is the smartest way to learn a new language)
D: Language researchers found that students who lived in a foreign country learned the new language sixty-five percent faster than students learning at home.
The counterclaim is something that counteracts the statement. Therefore, for the second questions, the answer should be B.
B: However, learning to play an instrument has been proven to improve grades and test performance.
It is definitely not B nor D because those two have negative meanings. It can't be C because excessive means "beyond the usual", which has a slightly negative meaning.
The answer should be A, conversational.
