Çözüldü Reading Comprehension - Adverbs

Confederate general Robert Edward Lee's command style was to issue overall orders or directives with quite an optimism and wait much farther from the front line thereby leaving the exact manner of execution up to his subordinates ______ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk always had any necessary strategic and tactical analyses of all battles in full details ______ to be able to realistically direct the course of the entire war and when necessary even while sometimes been some 200 yards ahead of his whole regiment during the attack.

A) just as / afterwards
B) as much as / later
C) whereas / beforehand
D) in contrast to / vaguely
E) while / precociously

Correct Choice: C (whereas / beforehand)
Explanation:
Keywords of dissimilarity between the two commanding generals are;
"optimism" and "realistically",
"leave the exact manner of execution up to his subordinates" and "any necessary strategic and tactical analyses of all battles in full details",
"staying much farther from the front line" and "been some 200 yards ahead of his whole regiment"