Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize

Wrong Comparision. Here in the above sentence Edvard Grige (human being) is compared to Italian's (Something possessed by People of Italy).
A,B,C and D all are wrong because of the reason stated above
Only option E compares human to human
Hence E

Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria.

(A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize,Like used for comparison,but the comparison is wrong.
(B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize,Like used for comparison,but the comparison is wrong.
(C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians,as used for comparison,wrong comparison
(D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so usage of idiom 'Just...So', the parallelism is missing.
(E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg, Correct comparison.

In option E , we are comparing a clause with 'Like '....? Isn't it wrong ?

Gaurav2896

Here like+noun means ‘similar to’ or ‘in the same way as’

the Scandinavians’ long refusal is similar to the Italians’ disregard

I hope this may help you.

MartyTargetTestPrep KarishmaB

Is it necessary that there has to be a clause after Just as... and so.?
Or can we use Just as...so to compare nouns?

'Just as' is equivalent to 'as' so it follows the same rules and when you compare an action, you compare it with another action. So usually, the structure would be 'Just as clause, so clause'

Just as we hope to receive good wishes from our people, so we should send out good wishes to them.

Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria.

(A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, (incorrect: comparison error)
Like x, y: like E. G., disregard is incorrect
(B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, (incorrect: comparison error)
The same as option A has
(C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians, (incorrect: pronoun error)
Just as x, y: as shows the similarity of two actions or clauses while like shows the similarity between two nouns
(D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so (incorrect: idiomatic error)
Just as x, so y is incorrect: correct idiom is just as x, y
(E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg, (the best option)
Correct comparison: like refusal, disregard