After World War I, German democracy, already handicapped by

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After World War I, German democracy, already handicapped by the apolitical attitude that had often characterized German intellectuals, and by a steady barrage of criticism from its enemies,  was compromised for more of its citizens by its origins in defeat, while in other countries, more notably Poland and Hungary, the immediate postwar instability led to the establishment of regimes that were authoritarian in essence . 

(A) was  compromised for  more  of its citizens by its origins in defeat, while in other countries,  more  notably Poland and Hungary, the immediate postwar instability led to the establishment of regimes that were authoritarian in essence

(B) were  compromised for  most  of its citizens by its origins in defeat, while in other countries,  most  notably Poland and Hungary, the immediate postwar instability led to the establishment of regimes that were authoritarian in essence

(C) was  compromised for  most  of its citizens by its origins in defeat, while in other countries,  more notably Poland and Hungary, the immediate postwar instability led to the establishment of regimes that were authoritarian in essence

(D) was  compromised for  most  of its citizens by its origins in defeat, while in other countries,  most  notably Poland and Hungary, the immediate postwar instability led to the establishment of regimes that were authoritarian in essence

(E) was  compromised for  more  of its citizens by its origins in defeat, while in other countries,  most  notably Poland and Hungary, the immediate postwar instability led to the establishment of regimes that were authoritarian in essence

hardworker_indian · Answer

1. " was  compromised" - Democracy (singular) "were" is wrong. B goes off 
2. "while in other countries,  most  notably Poland and Hungary" - we are picking two countried out of "others" (many). So, "most" is better. A and C goes off.
3. "compromised for  more  of its citizens " - I don't know if citizens are countable or quantity. I guess public is a quantity and citizen is countable. Hence, choosing, E.

Paul · Answer

D also. It's b/w C and D
I'll go with D because it better points out that those 2 countries are among the  most/best known  for the establishment of authoritarian regimes

ywilfred · Answer

(D). We need a plural 'was', as we're talking about German Decomcracy.
And we need 'most' instead of 'more' as that's what the sentence is about, most citizens had their democracy compromised.
Similarly, we need 'most notably in Poland and Hungary' rather than more.

chunjuwu · Answer

Hello, everybody, 

I think this is a little frustrated. 

The OA is (E)

Have you heard about "more of its citizens."

So weird, right?

Alex_NL · Answer

Very strange indeed, cause I would choose D as my answer too.

I thought it was always MOST of its citizens.

Regards,

Alex

Bhai · Answer

Got D as well. I did not understand how is "more of its citizens" used here.

ywilfred · Answer

maybe the OA is wrong ? THe author is human afterall.

SigEpUCI · Answer

well, when comparing two things you use more right? It is comparing citizens who believed democracy was comprimised, to citizens who believed it wasn't.

ywilfred · Answer

I do agree that you use 'more when comparing things: 

I ate more food than you.
There are more girls than boys in the class.

But more can also be used as:

More work is needed to make the project a success
I need more sleep.

I like to think when you compare items using more, you require a 'than'. In this sentence, this is not available. Hence most would be better

Paul · Answer

I don't believe this is the tested concept here. The stem is about how democracy was compromised for "most" of Germany's citizens, not "more" of its citizens. I stand by D.

Antmavel · Answer

I agree with Paul... From my point of view, I stick with my original answer (C) even if everybody seems to go for D and that thre final OA seems to be E. :lol:

Concerning C, I take more notably Poland and Hungary like "more specifically", "more generally"...in my mind the sentence C is correct. Anyway, I can accept OA would be D but E is too strange...would be good to have some advice from some manhattan-kaplan-princeton consultant for this one :wink:

gmatblast · Answer

I think the answer E is correct. If you remove the eliptical element, then the sentence will read as follows:

After World War I, German democracy, ...  was compromised for more of its citizens by its origins in defeat, while in other countries, most notably Poland and Hungary, the immediate postwar instability led to the establishment of regimes that were authoritarian in essence 

That means that the german democracy was already compromised for some of the citizens. However, it was compromised for more citizens after world war 1.

After World War I, German democracy, already handicapped by

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