Multiple choice

Direction: Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choice 1 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 1 if not, select one of the other choices.

Film Critics believe that Steven Spielberg is to Hollywood the way that Ram Gopal Verma is to bollywood.

  1. the way that Ram Gopal Verma is to

  2. what Ram Gopal Verma is to

  3. what Ram Gopal Verma means for

  4. the way that Ram Gopal Verma has meaning for

  5. what Ram Gopal Verma has been for
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(2): The correct parallel construction is A is to B what X is to Y. Only option 2 uses the correct construction.

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