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.

Unlike Clint Eastwood, who ruled Hollywood for years being typecast as a strong silent gunslinger, Mel Gibson's characters were marked by garrulousness and swear words.

being typecast as a strong silent gunslinger, Mel Gibson's characters were marked by garrulousness and swear words

being typecast as a strong silent gunslinger, Mel Gibson's characters were garrulous and used swear words

and was typecast as a strong silent gunslinger, Mel Gibson played characters that were garrulous and used swear words

and was typecast as a strong silent gunslinger, Mel Gibson's characters were marked by the use of garrulousness and swear words

who, unlike Mel Gibson's garrulousness and use of swear words, was typecast as a strong silent gunslinger