A. Wrong - Being
B. Same as A
C. I don't see a conjunction to connect both the clauses.
D. Correct. Had been is used for the first clause to mention a past ongoing action.
E. No proper conjunction. Having had is awkward.

IMHO D.

teekayy wrote:Due to his temperament being fueled by distrusting technology, Stanley Kubrik did his best to insulate himself from the he termed "the pains of modern living."

1.
2. Because his temperament was being fueled by a distrust
3. His temperament fueled by a distrust of
4. Due to the fact that his temperament had been fueled by a distrust in
5. Having had his temperament fueled by his lack of trust in

answer: C

Use of the absolute phrase in option C is correct. Distrust OF is idiomatic.

teekayy wrote:Due to his temperament being fueled by distrusting technology, Stanley Kubrik did his best to insulate himself from the he termed "the pains of modern living."

1.
2. Because his temperament was being fueled by a distrust
3. His temperament fueled by a distrust of
4. Due to the fact that his temperament had been fueled by a distrust in
5. Having had his temperament fueled by his lack of trust in

answer: C

Due to=caused by ..this quickly helps to know "due to" is correctly used or not.

In A and D, Due to is incorrect

Being not only is almost wrong, but also is used incorrectly. Eliminate B and B

E- Event 1 Temperament fails, Event 2 insulation

( Sequence is quite clear , hence Event 2 comes later to Event 1..we dont need perfect tenses)

I would reject all actually

But, C is better... C needs something connector like Because, since, As...

iamcste wrote:

teekayy wrote:Due to his temperament being fueled by distrusting technology, Stanley Kubrik did his best to insulate himself from the he termed "the pains of modern living."

1.
2. Because his temperament was being fueled by a distrust
3. His temperament fueled by a distrust of
4. Due to the fact that his temperament had been fueled by a distrust in
5. Having had his temperament fueled by his lack of trust in

answer: C

Due to=caused by ..this quickly helps to know "due to" is correctly used or not.

In A and D, Due to is incorrect

Being not only is almost wrong, but also is used incorrectly. Eliminate B and B

E- Event 1 Temperament fails, Event 2 insulation

( Sequence is quite clear , hence Event 2 comes later to Event 1..we dont need perfect tenses)

I would reject all actually

But, C is better... C needs something connector like Because, since, As...

iamcste,

I don't think that C needs a connector.

Stanley Kubrik's temperament was fueled by a distrust of technology. Stanley Kubrik did his best to insulate himself from the he termed "the pains of modern living.

Get rid of the WAS and make it an absolute phrase and use HIS!

His temperament fueled by a distrust of technology, Stanley Kubrik did his best to insulate himself from the he termed "the pains of modern living.

logitech wrote:
Get rid of the WAS and make it an absolute phrase and use HIS!

Ohh ..ya..I overlooked absence of was..anyways, C was better than others..so, good I didnt choose any incorrect ans..

In between, why do you call it absolute, its a normal phrase

iamcste wrote:

logitech wrote:
Get rid of the WAS and make it an absolute phrase and use HIS!

Ohh ..ya..I overlooked absence of was..anyways, C was better than others..so, good I didnt choose any incorrect ans..

In between, why do you call it absolute, its a normal phrase

https://grammar.about.com/od/basicsenten ... utephr.htm



Identifying Absolute Phrases

An absolute phrase is a word group that modifies an entire sentence. It consists of a noun plus at least one other word, as shown here:

The hunters rested for a moment in front of the shack, their breaths white in the frosty air.

The noun (breaths) that begins this absolute phrase is followed by an adjective (white) and a prepositional phrase (in the frosty air).

In addition to adjectives and prepositional phrases, adverbs and participles can also follow the noun in an absolute phrase. As the sentence above shows, an absolute phrase lets us move from a description of a whole person, place, or thing to just one or more parts: from hunters, for instance, to their breaths.
Building and Arranging Absolute Phrases

Consider how the sentence just seen might be brokn down into two sentences:

The hunters rested for a moment in front of the shack.
Their breaths were white in the frosty air.

The second sentence, we see, can be turned into an absolute phrase simply by omitting the linking verb were. As we have seen, the absolute phrase may appear at the end of a sentence:

The hunters rested for a moment in front of the shack, their breaths white in the frosty air.

The absolute phrase may also appear at the beginning of the sentence:

Their breaths white in the frosty air, the hunters rested for a moment in front of the shack.

And occasionally an absolute phrase is positioned between the subject and verb:

The hunters, their breaths white in the frosty air, rested for a moment in front of the shack.

Notice that an absolute phrase, like a participle phrase, is usually set off from the rest of the sentence by a pair of commas.

why " absolute " was my actual question and whats the difference between participal phrases and these phrases