nehasheela2
In a number of known spirit possession ceremonies from sub-Saharan Africa, drumming is used to precipitate a trance state and inducing the possessed to perform parts of a revivified myth.
A. trance state and inducing the possessed to perform parts - Trance refers to unconscious state, hence mentioning state is redundant.
B. trance, inducing the possessed to perform parts - Correct - Cause effect relationship
C. state of trance, which induces the possessed to perform a part - Same as A. Morover, comma and which result into the non- essential modifier, so if modifier is eliminated, the meaning is distorted.
D. trance state and to induce the possessed to perform parts - Even it seems grammatically parallel, the intended meaning is lost.
E. trance state and inducing the possessed to performing parts - Not parallel.
Please correct if my reasoning in wrong.
I agree that B is fine grammatically, and it kind of has a logical meaning... but not really? - I'm not sure I agree that the "precipitation of a trance" can "induce the possessed to perform," which is the cause and effect that B communicates. I'm not super convinced that that's logical. Moreover, this is clearly a parallelism question, and D has a perfectly sensical meaning, while also being parallel. Therefore, D is by far the best choice.