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.

On the night of the 21st of January, three months after the capitulation, forty of the leading citizens were simultaneously arrested.

  1. forty of the leading citizens were simultaneously arrested.

  2. forty of the leading citizens was arrested simultaneously.

  3. forty of the leading citizens was simultaneously arrested.

  4. forty of the leading citizens were arrested.

  5. forty of the leading citizens was arrested.

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Explanation

Correct Answer: forty of the leading citizens were simultaneously arrested