Multiple choice

Directions: The underlined part of the sentence below may have some errors. Five options are given below the sentence. Choose the option that improves the sentence. If the sentence has no error, choose option 5 as your answer.

In antiquity, while male supremacy was unquestioned and Christian ethics still were unknown, women were thought to be harmless, rather silly, and a man who took them seriously was somewhat despised.

  1. In antiquity, when male supremacy was unquestioned and Christian ethics still were unknown, women were thought to be harmless, rather silly

  2. In antiquity, when male supremacy was unquestioned and Christian ethics were still unknown, women were thought to be harmless, rather silly

  3. In antiquity, while male supremacy was unquestioned and Christian ethics were still unknown, women were thought to be harmless, rather silly

  4. In antiquity, when male supremacy was unquestioned and Christian ethics were still unknown, women were thought to be harmless, fairly silly

  5. No improvement required

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B Correct answer
Explanation

'When' rectifies the error of using 'while'. 'when' implies 'at that time' whereas 'while' shows 'simultaneous time'. 'still' rectifies the error of its misplacement. Adverb 'still' is used before the word for which it is used. In the sentence, 'still' is used for 'unknown'.