Some may argue that the classical masterpieces Beethoven composed towards the end of his life, when he was deaf and could only feel the vibrations of the piano's pedals, were greater than his earlier years.

(A) were greater than his earlier years

(B) which are greater than those of earlier years

(C) are greater than earlier years

(D) are greater than those of his earlier years

(E) had to be greater than in those earlier years



OA D

Source: Princeton Review