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Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy

by patanjali.purpose » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:35 pm
In 1430, Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy founded the Order of the Golden Fleece, demanding from the 24 knights nominated to join it uncompromising fealty, devotion to the glory of God, and to defend the Christian faith, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East.

A) it uncompromising fealty, devotion to the glory of God, and to defend the Christian faith, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East

B) him uncompromising fealty, devotion to the glory of God, and defense of Christianity, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East

C) it to be uncompromisingly loyal, to devote themselves to the glory of God, and to defense the Christian faith, if need be, on an Eastern crusade

D)it uncompromising fealty, devotion to the glory of God, and a commitment to defend the Christian faith, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East

E) him uncompromising fealty, devoting themselves to the glory of God, and defending the Christian faith by going on a crusade to the East, if necessary

Pls explain your pick.
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by sam2304 » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:03 pm
Tough question it is without understanding the meaning properly.

Duke phillip founded the order demanding X (uncompromising fealty), Y (devotion to glory of god) from the 24 knights nominated to join it (the order) and to defend the Christian faith ...

C - to be uncompromisingly loyal, to defense X on an eastern Crusade - totally awkward.
B/E - usage of him is wrong here. Duke demanded something from knights who joined the order not from those who joined him.
B - defense of christianity seems awkward.
D - changes the meaning.
E - devoting themselves is not idiomatic.

IMO A. I find defense of Christianity to be awkward, if that is right then B will look too good for a right choice. What is the OA ?
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by mankey » Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:07 am
Should be D according to me due to parallel issues. Three qualities should be nouns, which is so in D.

What is the OA?

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by e-GMAT » Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:40 am
In 1430, Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy founded the Order of the Golden Fleece, demanding from the 24 knights nominated to join it uncompromising fealty, devotion to the glory of God, and to defend the Christian faith, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East.

Hi,
As @sam2304 has correctly pointed out, understanding the meaning of this sentence is key to finding the correct answer.

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"¢ In 1430, Philip the Good of Burgundy founded the Order of the Golden Fleece.
"¢ Some 24 knights were nominated to join the Order.
"¢ Philip demanded for these nights:
o uncompromising fealty,
o devotion to the glory of God, and
o to defend the Christian faith, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East.

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The sentence has a list. The first two entities in the list are noun phrases - uncompromising featly and devotion to the glory of God. But the third entity is in to-verb form - to defend the Christian faith. Here the list is logically parallel but not grammatically parallel. Parallelism error.

POE:

A) it uncompromising fealty, devotion to the glory of God, and to defend the Christian faith, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East: Incorrect for reason discussed above.

B) him uncompromising fealty, devotion to the glory of God, and defense of Christianity, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East: Incorrect.

a. Pronoun "him" has been replaced with "it" meaning that the knights are joining Philip. This is not the intended meaning of the sentence. The knights are nominated to join the Order.

b. The entities in the list are noun entities but "defense" stands as an odd one because one cannot "demand" defense from anyone.

C) it to be uncompromisingly loyal, to devote themselves to the glory of God, and to defense the Christian faith, if need be, on an Eastern crusade: Incorrect. "to defense" is out rightly ungrammatical., although this choice take care of the parallelism issue.


D) it uncompromising fealty, devotion to the glory of God, and a commitment to defend the Christian faith, if need be, by going on a crusade to the East: Correct. Well, "commitment" is certainly a new word here that does not appear in the original sentence, but its presence does not distort the meaning of the sentence. This new word help maintain the parallelism in the sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence.

E) him uncompromising fealty, devoting themselves to the glory of God, and defending the Christian faith by going on a crusade to the East, if necessary: Incorrect.

a. Same pronoun error as in choice B.

b. The list is not grammatically parallel.

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1. Don not right away eliminate an answer choice if you see new word. Review all the answer choices, check them for all possible errors. If you get an answer choice that has no error and not the new word too, then eliminate the answer choice with the new word. But if every answer choice has some error and the only one that looks correct but has this new word in it that makes it a suspect, then you can choose it.
2. Be vary of the choices that change the intended meaning of the sentence.
3. All the entities in a parallel list must be logically as well as grammatically parallel.

The concepts tested in this sentence have been covered in e-gmat concepts:
1. Level 1: Significance of Meaning
2. Level 1: Pronouns (The first two concepts feature on the Preview Level 1 Concepts section that is included in the free trial. Just register and learn.)
3. Level 1: Parallelism - Identify & Correct
4. Level 1: Parallelism - Helpful Tips

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