Multiple choice

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 story would not have broken if it were not for an 'anonymous' informant who divulged critical information on the condition that his name not be revealed as the source of the information.

  1. that his name not be revealed

  2. that he is not revealed

  3. that he not be revealed

  4. of not having him revealed

  5. that forbade revealing him
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The option removes the ambiguity in the original sentence by referring to the person, and not his name, as the source of the information.

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