Mr. Paulos – who teaches mathematics at Temple University and is the author of two previous books, Mathematics and Humor and I Think Therefore I Laugh – is not amused by the inability to understand numbers. He is highly (i)____________ by innumerate people. There are signs that he is even (ii)____________ by them. On the whole he succeeds in avoiding what he deplores as "the (iii)____________ tone" common to endeavors "concerned with various inadequacies." A. flabbergast B. outraged C. unabashedly unqualified and appreciating D. exhilarated E. entertained F. overly earnest and scolding G. irritated H. diverted I. partially admonishing and instructing