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.

The architecture of the United States, beginning from the period of the Civil War, up to the beginning of the present crisis, everywhere reflects a struggle to be free of a vicious and depraved form of feudalism, grown strong under the very aegis of democracy.

The architecture of the United States, beginning from the period of the Civil War, up to the beginning of the present crisis, everywhere reflects a struggle to be free of a vicious and depraved form of feudalism, grown strong under the very aegis of democracy.

From the period of the Civil War, up to the beginning of the present crisis, the architecture of the United States everywhere reflects a struggle to be free of a vicious and depraved form of feudalism, grown strong under the very aegis of democracy.

The architecture of the United States, from the period of the Civil War, up to the beginning of the present crisis, everywhere has reflected a struggle to be free of a vicious and depraved form of feudalism, grown strong under the very aegis of democracy.

From the period of the Civil War, up to the beginning of the present crisis, the architecture of the United States everywhere reflects a struggle for freedom from a vicious and depraved form of feudalism, grown strong under the very aegis of democracy.

The architecture of the United States, from the period of the Civil War, up to the beginning of the present crisis, everywhere reflects a struggle to be free of a vicious and depraved form of feudalism, grown strong under the very aegis of democracy.