(A)
who employed
both skill
and honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens
who were(B)
which employed
both skill
or honor on the battlefield, as well as cultured citizens
who were(C)
who employed
not only skill and honor on the battlefield,
as well as cultured citizens
that were(D)
who employed
both skill
and honor on the battlefield, or a cultured citizen
who was(E)
whom employed
both skill
and honor on the battlefield, and cultured citizens
whom wereIn our 5 second scan we can notice two splits
1) who/which/whom
2)who were/that were/who was/whom were3)we also notice the presence of the idiom both X and Y
1)Lets eliminate options based on who vs which
which cannot refer back to people therefore we can
eliminate Bwe can
eliminate E as whom should be "who" (subject-for the verb employed)
2)Lets eliminate based on our second observation (we are left with options A,C and D)
that were refers to citizens(people), we cannot use "that" to refer back to people
eliminate Cbetween A and D
in option D "cultured citizen" refers back to the plural noun samurai warriors-wrong!
therefore A is the correct option!!