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options with it are wrong because of ambiguity: what would herald? there are 4 subjects there - interest, occult, flying saucer etc.
Option with they is wrong because - the objects themselves wont herald an era! Between A and D: thinking in superstitious ways is redundant -also for ||sm, superstition fits more symmetrically and logically.
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I choose B.

Why is D correct, it omits thinking ways and has comma before and.

B) is not parallel. 'thinking in superstitious ways' is wordy and not parallel with the rest of the construction i.e. gullibility and ignorance.

GMAT prefers a comma before 'and' in a series.
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I like C here.

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C) 'it' does not have a clear antecedent.



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