Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into five parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error.

  1. Every being, not contented with the national gods,

  2. made each to himself one or more gods,

  3. which he supposed presided exclusively over his own household,

  4. from whom he supposed he derived his own peculiar happiness,

  5. from whom he attributed all his domestic misfortunes.

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Explanation

The word 'attributed' takes the preposition 'to' and hence 'from' should be replaced by 'to'. It means 'to whom he ascribed or assigned'.

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