A, B & E can be eliminated right away by using the Modifier Rule - The part after the comma should start with who was repelled, i.e. the Quakers.confuse mind wrote:Repelled by bodily punishments such as maiming and branding, the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers.
(A) the idea of penitentiaries were reforms of the penal system by Quakers
(B) penitentiaries were ideas for reform of the penal system suggested by Quakers
(C) Quakers suggested the penitentiary as a reform of the penal system
(D) Quakers suggested that the penal system be reformed as penitentiaries
(E) the penitentiary was suggested to be a reform of the penal system by Quakers
The correct answer is C. But, AFAIK, with suggest, we always use a command subjective form and thus I feel, the correct answer must be D
In addition to the other mistakes with D that have been pointed out earlier, the contextual meaning is incorrect too. The context is brought out correctly in Option C where the Quakers were repelled by A and hence suggested B.
