Snayt wrote:
Shostakovich's Forth Symphony had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having the piece perfomed impossible.
A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made himself having
A. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made him having
- "hardly" conveys the meaning correctly "not hardly" is unidiomatic and is not required.
B. had not hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made his having
- "hardly" conveys the meaning correctly "not hardly" is unidiomatic and is not required.
C. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made
his having- correct - MADE "HIS HAVING THE PIECE PERFOMED" IMPOSSIBLE
D. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made
him having- made him-what? here "made" modifies "him" - X made him Y
E. had hardly entered rehearsals when the political climate turned against the composer and made
himself having- use of reflexive pronoun is not required here.