Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The officialdom, shocked and frightened by the general unrest, expanded local relief efforts, hoping to moderate the depression's severity and to re-establish social order.

The officialdom, shocked and frightened by the general unrest, expanded local relief efforts, hoping to moderate the depression's severity and to re-establish social order.

aldom, shocked and frightened by the general unrest, expanded local relief efforts, and hoped to moderate the depression's severity and to re-establish social order.

Shocked and frightened by the general unrest, the officialdom expanded local relief efforts, hoping to moderate the depression's severity and to re-establish social order.

The officialdom shocked and frightened the general unrest, expanded local relief efforts, and hoped to moderate the depression's severity and to re-establish social order.

The officialdom, shocked and frightened by the general unrest, expanded local relief efforts, moderated the depression's severity and re-established social order.