Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practice Question 72: Answer and Explanation

Question: 72

Griselda consents to each demand precisely as she promised on their wedding day, and one begins to imagine that the Marquis is not so much testing his wife's devotion _______________ exploring the extent to which his power reaches.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  • A. so they are
  • B. when they were
  • C. so he was
  • D. as he is

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

(D) This phrase completes the idiomatic expression is not so much . . . as he is. The other options do not connect appropriately to this earlier phrasing.

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