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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
HardSolution
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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