Read the Following Paragraph

question 22

Multiple Choice

Read the following paragraph. For each set of sentences below the paragraph, select the letter of the sentence that provides the best revision for consistency; parallel structure; sentence variety; and fresh, concise language.
On December 4, 1872, the crew of the Dei Gratia discovered a ship named the Mary Celeste drifting in the Atlantic. Some of them rowed out to investigate. According to their account, the ship was seaworthy, but a lifeboat was missing, and not one single, solitary person was on board. It seemed that the Mary Celeste 's crew simply vanished into thin air without a trace, leaving their oilskin boots and pipes behind. The Mary Celeste 's captain recorded his last entry in the ship's log book on November 25 when the ship lands on an island in the Azores. An Admiral Court inquiry found no evidence of foul play or piracy, and praise for the crew of the Dei Gratia for safely bringing both vessels to harbor. The public didn't give a hoot about the incident until young Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional version of the event made them chomp at the bit to learn more in 1884. Conan Doyle described untouched breakfasts and still-warm cups of tea on the captain's table. The public began to confuse fiction with the facts. Obsessed with the mystery, many people developed theories about what happened; some suggested, for example, that the ship experienced a "seaquake," and others wondering if the Dei Gratia 's men slaughtered everyone.
Which sentence provides the best revision for consistency; parallel structure; sentence variety; and fresh, concise language?

• A) Conan Doyle described untouched breakfasts and still-warm cups of tea on the captain's table, and the public didn't have the first clue about the difference between fiction and the facts.
• B) After Conan Doyle described untouched breakfasts and still-warm cups of tea on the captain's table, the public began to confuse fiction with the facts.
• C) Conan Doyle described untouched breakfasts and still-warm cups of tea on the captain's table, and the public's confusion of fiction with the facts.

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Definitions:

Somatic Nervous System

A part of the peripheral nervous system responsible for voluntary control of body movements through control of skeletal muscles.

Efferent Nervous System

Part of the nervous system responsible for carrying signals away from the brain and spinal cord to muscles, thereby instructing them to act or move.

Autonomic Nervous System

The part of the nervous system that controls involuntary actions of the body, such as heart rate, digestion, and respiratory rate.

Biogenic Amines

Organic compounds, including neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, involved in signal transmission within the nervous system.