Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Nov 1811:00 AM PST
-12:00 PM PST
Join us in a live GMAT practice session and solve 30 challenging GMAT questions with other test takers in timed conditions, covering GMAT Quant, Data Sufficiency, Data Insights, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Reasoning questions.
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
24 Nov 2023, 02:30
Kudos
Bookmarks
D
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
15%
(low)
Question Stats:
86% (01:18) correct
14%
(01:48)
wrong
based on 63
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
The son of a factory owner, Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent Engels from owning a business that he ran quite profitably.
A. The son of a factory owner, Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent Engels from owning a business that
B. The son of a factory owner, Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent him from owning a business that
C. The son of a factory owner, Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent Engels from owning a business that
D. Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent Engels, the son of a factory owner, from owning a business that
E. Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent him from owning a business that he, the son of a factory owner,
A. The son of a factory owner, Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent Engels from owning a business that
B. The son of a factory owner, Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent him from owning a business that
C. The son of a factory owner, Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent Engels from owning a business that
D. Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent Engels, the son of a factory owner, from owning a business that
E. Friedrich Engels’ close literary partnership with Karl Marx did not prevent him from owning a business that he, the son of a factory owner,
24 Nov 2023, 07:48
Kudos
Bookmarks
The answer is D.
This is the only option that clearly identifies the son as "Friedrich Engels" and not "Friedrich Engels' close literary partnership with Karl Marx." Option E leaves the subject ambiguous by using the pronoun "him."
This is the only option that clearly identifies the son as "Friedrich Engels" and not "Friedrich Engels' close literary partnership with Karl Marx." Option E leaves the subject ambiguous by using the pronoun "him."
02 Dec 2023, 15:00
Kudos
Bookmarks
Bunuel
VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:
As you initially approach this problem, you should recognize the familiar GMAT setup of an appositive modifier - "the son of a factory owner" - at the beginning of the sentence. Whenever you see this structure your first instinct should be to determine whether the noun (or noun phrase) that comes after the comma could logically be modified by that modifier.
Here "the son of a factory owner" means that the noun that follows must be a person. But in choices (A), (B), and (C), the subject is "Friedrich Engels' closer literary partnership" - Engels' is used a possessive to describe "partnership," and "partnership" is not a person. So choices (A), (B), and (C) are all incorrect.
As you then look for decision points between (D) and (E), note that the main differences are that (E) uses the pronoun "him" ("did not prevent him from owning...") while (D) uses the proper noun "Engels." What is the rationale for that difference? Because each sentence includes two men (Engels and Marx) the use of the pronoun "he" could cause confusion as to which man was the son of a factory owner and ran a successful business. By repeating "Engels" in choice (D), the sentence avoids that potential ambiguity, so (D) is correct.
