The filibuster, a parliamentary device

hemant_rajput wrote:Is my reasoning for the below question is correct?

The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snail’s pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.

(A) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems

(B) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone who is associated with it, seeming to be
Seeming to be: is wrong tense
WHO IS ASSOCIATED is wordy.

Option C:
The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snail’s pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions, tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems[/u] more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.
NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY
Eg: He TESTED positive in the test, AND SEEMED tensed..

Option D:
The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snail’s pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions, that tests the endurance of everyone associated with it and seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.

The flibuster THAT xyz...... What???
Missin main verb??
Eg: W: The house THAT is painted red.
R: The house THAT is painted red BELONGS to Sam.

Option E:
The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snail’s pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions, testing the endurance of everyone associated with it and seeming more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.

The sentence use TESTING and SEEMING to modify Filibuster. Again, the main verb is missing.
Eg: The continent SPANNING across the oceans... What???


I hope this helps !!



[spoiler]A>> Seems OK to me - tests and slows both parallel,working as appositive modifier. Seems also follow the subject "the filibuster" correctly
B>> No verb, run on sentence. Seeming to be is acting as a modifier(present participle - I guess)
C>>create a list - slows, tests, seems but no separation.
D>>again create a list but break parallelism.
E>>testing and seeming are present participle. No real verb in the sentence , hence run on.

Correct Answer A[/spoiler]