Brutal SC #65

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Brutal SC #65

by jangojess » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:03 pm
In his eagerness to find a city worthy of Priam, the German archaeologist Schliemann cut through Troy and uncovered a civilization a thousand years older as was the city Homer’s heroes knew.

(A) older as was the city Homer’s heroes knew
(B) more ancient than the city known to Homer’s heroes
(C) older than was the city known to Homer’s heroes
(D) more ancient of a city than Homer’s heroes knew
(E) older of a city than was the one known to Homer’s heroes

OA : B
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by vasilisab » Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:33 pm
-B-

came down to B and C and eliminated C because it indroduced a verb that made the comparison of 2 civilizations unparallel