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 the best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose any one of the others.

Her lecture was unsuccessful not so much because of her lack of preparation but instead because of her inability to organize her material.

not so much because of her lack of preparation but instead because of her inability to organize her material

not so much because of her lack of preparation as because of her inability to organize her material

not so much because of her lack of preparation as much as her inability to organize her material

not so much because of her lack of preparation than because of her inability to organize her material

not so much because of her lack of preparation rather than her inability to organize her material