Directions: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. If not, select one of the other choices.

During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth century, people, especially in many parts of North India, regarded the custom of Sati as an integral part of their culture; and not till the Nineteenth century was the belief challenged by social reformers and the British.

During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth century, people, especially in many parts of North India, regarded the custom of Sati as an integral part of their culture; and not till the Nineteenth century was the viewpoint challenged by social reformers and the British.

During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries, people, especially in many parts of North India, regarded the custom of Sati as an integral part of their culture; not until the Nineteenth century was the belief challenged by social reformers and the British.

During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries, people, especially in many parts of North India, regarded the custom of Sati as an integral part of their culture and not till the Nineteenth century was this belief challenged by social reformers and the British.

The custom of Sati was regarded during Seventeenth and Eighteenth century by people as being a part of their culture, especially in North India, and not until the Nineteenth century was this belief challenged by social reformers and the British.

Although challenged by social reformers and the British in Nineteenth century, people, especially in North India regarded the custom of Sati as an integral part of their culture during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries.