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.

While the book's grandiose subtitle suggests a story blown way out of proportion to hold much conviction, the author does manage to win some confidence and when questioned about the difficulties faced while writing novels, he replied, “while writing novels, door-bells are especially irritating.”