GMATPREP SC

canbtg wrote:The artist pierre -auguste renoir's last word was "flowers", spoken as a bouquet consisting of roses just picked from his garden were arranged in a vase on his bedroom windowsill.

A)as a bouquet consisting of roses just picked from his garden were arranged
A bouquet (singular) requires a singular verb was

B)as a bouquet of roses, just picked from his garden, were arranged
Same as above.

C)as a bouquet of roses just picked from his garden was being arranged
Correct Subject-verb agreement, Sentence makes sense after including past progressive tense.
Was being arranged - He spoke his last word while the bouquet was being arranged.

D) during the arrangement of a bouquet of roses , just picked from his garden
Nonsensical meaning, ... roses, just picked up from his garden in a vase!

E)while they arranged a bouquet of roses that had just been picked, from his garden
They has no clear antecedent.