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by faraday88 » Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:31 am
Written in the early eleventh century by Lady Murasaki Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be the world's first novel.

A) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be

B) Shikibu in the manner of a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji as

C) Shikibu, a fictionalized accounting for political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji

D) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, The Tale of Genji is considered by literary historians to be

E) Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court which literary historians consider to be
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by sujaynadkarni » Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:02 pm
Answer should be D.

Actually, you can narrow it down to Option D and E.

E has which and which modifies the noun preceding it.
In this case, that noun is court.
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by alex.gellatly » Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:41 pm
faraday88 wrote:Written in the early eleventh century by Lady Murasaki Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be the world's first novel.

A) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be

B) Shikibu in the manner of a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji as

C) Shikibu, a fictionalized accounting for political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji

D) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, The Tale of Genji is considered by literary historians to be

E) Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court which literary historians consider to be
I'm going with E. The opening clause is meant to modify The Tale of Genji, so we should say Written......, The Tale of Genji.... and option E is the only one which does this.
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by sam2304 » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:10 pm
ABC can be ruled out - modifier error.
E - usage of which as essential modifier is awkward, we should use 'that' here.

IMO D.
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by gh_chandra2000 » Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:26 am
I go for D. But still i have a doubt in that. Is "Considered to be" a right usage here?
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by faraday88 » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:01 am
The OA is D. The reason that I posted this one is that I don't consider this question correct, because according to official GMAT "consider to be" is not idiomatic. D is the best answer, but it is just to choose the lesser of two evils.
The bottom line for officials: can we expect such questions on real exam?
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by 7777 » Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:55 pm
faraday88 wrote:Written in the early eleventh century by Lady Murasaki Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be the world's first novel.

A) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji to be

B) Shikibu in the manner of a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji as

C) Shikibu, a fictionalized accounting for political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, literary historians consider The Tale of Genji

D) Shikibu as a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court, The Tale of Genji is considered by literary historians to be

E) Shikibu, The Tale of Genji is a fictionalized account of political and romantic intrigue in the Japanese imperial court which literary historians consider to be
a,b,and c are not correctly modified.
in e which refers to court and thus is incorrect.

moreover considered by x to be z is wrong.
considered to be is suspect but grammatically correct(acording to manhattan guide)
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