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Question

A New York City ordinance of 1897 regulated the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required of cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and it granted pedestrians right-of-way.


 

Option A:

regulated the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required of cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and it granted

Option B:

regulated the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, granting

Option C:

regulating the use of bicycles mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required cyclists that they keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and it granted

Option D:

regulating the use of bicycles, mandating a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, requiring of cyclists that they keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and granted

Option E:

regulating the use of bicycles mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and granted

Difficulty Level

Hard

Solution

Option E is the correct answer.


Option Analysis

Concept tested: Parallelism (Superficial)

A) Not parallel; “…mandated….regulated…required…it granted”

B) Not parallel; “…regulated…mandated…required…granting”

C) Not parallel; “…regulating…mandated…required…it granted”

D) Not parallel; “…regulating…mandating…requiring…granted”

E) Correct answer


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