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The duality between how Raccine lived in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division but also as a possible reason that Raccine, in an age of optimism, selected tragedy as the preferred form.

1) between how Raccine lived in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division

2) between Raccine's life of the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen as not only an internal division

3) between theatrical life of Raccine and his faithful and devotional life should be seen not only as an internal division

4) between Raccine's life in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division

5) between Raccine's life of the theatre and his faithful and devotional life should be seen as not only an internal division

While neither of C and D is sounding perfect to my ears, D is better IMO.

between:
Racine's life < modifier>&
his life < modifier>
not only as .... but also as
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I go with D as well
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between X " Modifier" and Y " Modifier"
not only as .... but also as...
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What's wrong with C? In D, Raccine's life in the theatre seems to be in passive voice.
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his is a possessive pronoun and should have a possessive antecedent(subject in possessive case) so i eliminated C
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Isn't B, D and E out cause of pronoun error? Where is the antecedent for 'his'?

Leaves us w/ A & C. I would vote C as A seems to be having tense error 'lived'.

Where is OA?
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+1 for D.

faithful life, devotional life does not make sense. life of faith,life of devotion do make sense.

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The duality between how Raccine lived in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division but also as a possible reason that Raccine, in an age of optimism, selected tragedy as the preferred form.

1) between how Raccine lived in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division how usage is incorrect OUT

2) between Raccine's life of the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen as not only an internal division not only as..but also as.. OUT

3) between theatrical life of Raccine and his faithful and devotional life should be seen not only as an internal division Correct

4) between Raccine's life in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division his doesnt have an antecedent to go back to. OUT

5) between Raccine's life of the theatre and his faithful and devotional life should be seen as not only an internal division not only as..but also as..OUT

The correct idiom is not only as..but also as..
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b,d,e should be out, since pronoun his does not have an antecedent
his cannot refer to Racine, since in these answer choices Racine is an adjective that modifies life, and not a noun!
anyone from e-gmat here to explain?
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4) between Raccine's life in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division

Right answer...
Not life of theater...
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4) between Raccine's life in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division

Right answer...
Not life of theater...


kindly specify what is the antecedent of the pronoun "his"? :)
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In option 4...

between Raccine's life in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division

how is noun's noun parallel to noun of noun ??
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redone the question, possessive pronoun "his" can correctly refer to "racine's", which is in possessive form
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In option 4...

between Raccine's life in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division

how is noun's noun parallel to noun of noun ??

between R's life and His life - parallel!
not only as internal division but also as a possible reason - parallel!
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In B and E, AS not only...but also AS is not parallel. Eliminate B and E.

In A, between how Raccine lived...and his life lacks parallelism. Also, how Raccine lived in the theatre could imply that the theatre was literally Racccine's place of residence. The intended meaning of the sentence is that Raccine WORKED in the theatre. Eliminate A.

C needs to say between THE theatrical life of Raccine. Also, theatrical life could imply that Raccine's life was exaggerated and especially dramatic, one definition of theatrical. The intended meaning of the sentence is that Raccine WORKED in the theatre. Eliminate C.

The correct answer is D.
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The duality between how Raccine lived in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division but also as a possible reason that Raccine, in an age of optimism, selected tragedy as the preferred form.

1) between how Raccine lived in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division

2) between Raccine's life of the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen as not only an internal division

3) between theatrical life of Raccine and his faithful and devotional life should be seen not only as an internal division

4) between Raccine's life in the theatre and his life of faith and devotion should be seen not only as an internal division

5) between Raccine's life of the theatre and his faithful and devotional life should be seen as not only an internal division

While neither of C and D is sounding perfect to my ears, D is better IMO.

between:
Racine's life < modifier>&
his life < modifier>
not only as .... but also as
***********************

End of the day ear might not be your best friend going forward

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The answer must be option D. Option D has the correct parallelism and has the correct usage of not only......but also
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