Unlike Franklin D. Roosevelt’s bootstrap program that helped to restart economic growth in the 1930s through public works, Ronald Reagan proposed a program of trickle-down economics to restart the economy.
(A) Franklin D. Roosevelt’s bootstrap program that helped
(B) Franklin D. Roosevelt and his bootstrap program which helped
(C) Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose bootstrap program helped
(D) the bootstrap program of Franklin D. Roosevelt that has helped
(E) Franklin D. Roosevelt and his bootstrap program helping
The use of “unlike” in the sentence itself gives a hint that the sentence could test you on compassions.
So what is being compared to what in the sentence?
- Franklin Roosevelt is compared to Ronald Reagan.
(A) Franklin D. Roosevelt’s bootstrap program that helped
Option A incorrectly compares Roosevelt’s bootstrap program to Ronald Reagan.
A program cannot be compared to a person. Eliminate.
(B) Franklin D. Roosevelt and his bootstrap program which helped
Option B incorrectly compares Roosevelt and his program to Ronald Reagan.
(C) Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose bootstrap program helped
Option C correctly compares Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan and uses the correct relative pronoun “whose” to talk about Roosevelt’s program
(D) the bootstrap program of Franklin D. Roosevelt that has helped
the bootstrap program is compared to Ronald Raegan. Eliminate
(E) Franklin D. Roosevelt and his bootstrap program helping
Same as B