IMO D
I see you are looking for parallelism here.
But, I don't like "to be exonerated"
May be, the correct sentence would be, he was exonerated and freed.

I presume OA is C. Because exoneration is noun and so D doesn't looks suitable.

(A) there was exoneration and his freedom
exoneration is used as noun here, it means found innoccent for one who was found earlier guilty, so there are no two events like exoneration and his freedom.
(B) he was to be exonerated with freedom
exonerated from freedom is not idiomatic.
(C) being exonerated and freed
Ok, cool, as long as we do not see another option without being. exonerated and freedom are parallel, actor here, like who did is not important, so we may accept it suitable.
(D) exoneration and his freedom
exoneration and his freedom are not parallel.
(E) being freed, having been exonerated
being haviong been is too much...

i am between C and D
but finally D
i don`t like being in B, but the usage can be justified with passive voice
in D i don`t like his freedom
it can imply that any other freedon exists,other than Alfred Dreyfus`s

as for B we need passive voive here :he was exonerated. i don`t think that construction with infinitive is right

i agree to maihuna.. C is better. D is not parallel.

@force and maihuna

Though I stuck b/w C and D and go with C but i didn't find your reasoning convincing for rejecting D the parallelism issue.

Reasons:-- exoneration and freedom both are NOUN according to the Oxford (i just checked to become sure)....and if you are looking the word HIS as a suspect then i don't think its VALID because HIS is just acting as a POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

Jack's CAR = CAR....similarly use of HIS doesn't distort the meaning

Please correct me if m wrong.

Thanks

IMO C

D is not parallel

IMO C. Agreed with maihuna .

Hi, have seen so many people saying OpD has parallelism issue.

Can anyone please explain...why exoneration and freedom are not parallel in Op D, both are nouns..

just like...

Car and Jack's truck....parallel

as Jack's truck = truck

(D) exoneration and his freedom

AIM GMAT wrote:(D) exoneration and his freedom

His is a Possessive pronoun..same like Jack's in the word Jack's car

so when say Jack's car = car
similarly, His car = car

in sum, Noun || Noun....whats wrong?????

His freedom = freedom and freedom || exoneration...both are nouns...whats wrong???

Actually uses of exoneration and freed is fine, as exoneration is the verb meaning person was found innoccent after convicted and then, freed. It is logical also.

The "exoneration and his freedom" doesn't make sense here,

Alfred Dreyfus was imprisoned for twelve years before exoneration and his freedom.

One reason here is, either you need another nominative form here as earlier part do contains Alfred, or completely missing due to passive as done in C.

So I think C is a very tricky option.

@maihuna

Actually uses of exoneration and freed is fine, as exoneration is the verb meaning person was found innoccent after convicted and then, freed. It is logical also.

I think the above in red, u mean exonerated NOT exoneration as exoneration is Noun.

Regarding C, even i opt C as my answer, my only issue is the reasoning given by many people that D contains a parallelism error....i'm not good in this topic but as per my understanding its not a parallelism issue...so just want to confirm if its a parallelism issue then please confirm and explain how so that i update my knowledge...???

They aren't parallel because of his. Parallelism would demand his exoneration and his freedom or the ellipsis his exoneration and freedom. The beginning of the phrase is what determines parallelism.

Jim@Grockit wrote:They aren't parallel because of his. Parallelism would demand his exoneration and his freedom or the ellipsis his exoneration and freedom. The beginning of the phrase is what determines parallelism.

Thanks Jim,

For the much needed correction my concept..