In a process that has become de rigeur following the end of

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In a process that has become  de rigeur  following the end of every presidency, presidential libraries are sprouting up like carbuncles all over the land,  testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their  unbridled vainglory.

A) testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their
B) testifying less to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their
C) not so much testifying to a sense of history among our politicians as it reflects their
D) testifying not as more to a sense of history among our politicians than to an 
E) testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians as to their

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aditya8062 · Answer

E it is :  testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians as to their

GmatDestroyer2013 · Answer

So Much X as to Y .. where X and Y must be parallel ....

nitin1negi · Answer

its idiom error...the ' so much' should carry 'as'

wukong007 · Answer

Since the abovementioned sentences are talking about libraries, so eliminate options with "it"

monk123 · Answer

In a process that has become de rigeur following the end of every presidency, presidential libraries are sprouting up like carbuncles all over the land, testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than it reflects their unbridled vainglory.
 
POE:
Eliminate (A), (B) &(C) -'it' is ambiguous.
Eliminate (D) - 'Not so much' is the correct idiom

A) testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians than  it  reflects their
B) testifying less to a sense of history among our politicians than  it  reflects their
C) not so much testifying to a sense of history among our politicians as  it  reflects their
D) testifying  not as more  to a sense of history among our politicians than to an
E) testifying not so much to a sense of history among our politicians as to their -  CORRECT

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