From the earliest days of the tribe, kinship determined

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From the earliest days of the tribe, kinship determined the way in which the Ojibwa society organized its labor, provided access to its resources, and defined rights and obligations involved in the distribution and consumption of those resources.

(A) and defined rights and obligations involved in the distribution and consumption of those resources
(B) defining rights and obligations involved in their distribution and consumption
(C) and defined rights and obligations as they were involved in its distribution and consumption
(D) whose rights and obligations were defined in their distribution and consumption
(E) the distribution and consumption of them defined by rights and obligations

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by ceilidh.erickson » Thu May 03, 2018 11:44 am

BTGmoderatorDC wrote:From the earliest days of the tribe, kinship determined the way in which the Ojibwa society organized its labor, provided access to its resources, and defined rights and obligations involved in the distribution and consumption of those resources.

(A) and defined rights and obligations involved in the distribution and consumption of those resources
(B) defining rights and obligations involved in their distribution and consumption
(C) and defined rights and obligations as they were involved in its distribution and consumption
(D) whose rights and obligations were defined in their distribution and consumption
(E) the distribution and consumption of them defined by rights and obligations

This question is #7 from the OG Verbal Review 2015. Please cite your sources.

This question is testing PARALLELISM and PRONOUNS.

The parallel list is:
... the way in which the Ojibwa society 1. organized its labor, 2. provided access to its resources, and 3. defined rights and obligations...

B, D, and E are not parallel. Eliminate.

In C, "they" has no antecedent, as "society" is singular. The pronouns "its" also does not have a clear antecedent.

The answer is A.

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