Multiple choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all 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 the low status accorded the craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West, Native American women of the Plains tribes often received public recognition, wealth, and prestige for their craftwork.

  1. Unlike the low status accorded the craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West, Native American women of the Plains tribes

  2. Unlike many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West, whose craftwork was accorded low status, Native American women of the Plains tribes

  3. Native American women of the Plains tribes, unlike the craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West,

  4. The craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West was accorded low status, while that of the Native American women of the Plains tribes

  5. While low status was accorded the craftwork of many women settlers in the nineteenth-century American West, that of Native American women of the Plains tribes

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B Correct answer
Explanation

B is correct because it makes a logical comparison: 'many women settlers' are compared to 'Native American women,' and 'whose craftwork was accorded low status' properly modifies the settlers. A is illogical because it compares 'the low status accorded the craftwork' (an abstract concept) to 'Native American women' (people). C is illogical for the same reason as A. D is a sentence fragment with no main verb. E has a similar logical comparison error to A and C, comparing 'low status' to 'that of Native American women's craftwork' rather than comparing the people themselves.