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Correct Option: 1

The choice of a or an depends on pronunciation, not spelling. M.A. is pronounced em-ay, which starts with the vowel sound e. The article must therefore be an. The gives a specific reference that does not suit this general statement, and no article leaves the noun ungoverned.

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