In the early twentieth century, an extraordinary painter could influence nearly all advanced artists, but today, for any one artist to influence practitioners of genres as varied as painting, video, and photography is nearly impossible.
(A) as varied as
(B) as varied as are
(C) as varied as those of
(D) that are as varied as your answer
(E) that are as varied as are


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Not happy with the discussions at
https://gmatclub.com/forum/knewton-test-96247.html

why not C, as varied as those of X,Y and Z.

Please do answer my query
'X,Y and Z' is plural ?

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