No sooner had the curtain risen on the stage ________ the lead actor forgot his lines completely.

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A when
B then
C than
D that

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Answer: C. than

Answer: C) than
Explanation: The adverbial phrase No sooner forms a fixed correlative conjunction pair with than. Words like Hardly or Scarcely pair with when.

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No sooner had the curtain risen on the stage ________ the lead actor forgot his lines completely.

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