The honeymoon period was soon followed by the usual _____ with day-to-day reality. A. disillusion B.

The honeymoon period was soon followed by the usual _____ with day-to-day reality. A. disillusion B. disillusionment C. disillusioned D. disillusionary

The correct answer is B. disillusionment.

Why the others are not correct:

A. disillusion: This is a verb, but the sentence requires a noun to follow "the usual."

C. disillusioned: This is an adjective (or past participle), which doesn't fit grammatically after "the usual."

D. disillusionary: This adjective is extremely uncommon and not the standard form to describe this concept.

Why B is correct:

disillusionment is a noun meaning "a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be."

It fits perfectly in the structure "the usual [noun]" and logically completes the idea: the initial happy period (honeymoon) was followed by the expected disappointment of facing everyday reality.

Completed sentence: The honeymoon period was soon followed by the usual disillusionment with day-to-day reality.