Exercise: Avoiding illogical shifts in verb tense

In each of the following items, choose the verb that fills in the blank correctly.

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Langston Hughes ____ one of the twentieth century’s best-known poets, a man who is famous enough to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp.

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