Factories in southern states

Factories in southern states like Georgia and Mississippi employed more than 300,000 workers in the late nineteenth century, but they were driven out of business by increasing federal taxes as well as a labor supply that migrated north in the hope of finding better wages.

a) Factories in southern states like Georgia and Mississippi employed more than 300,000 workers in the late nineteenth century, but they
b) More than 300,000 worker had been employed by factories in southern states such as Georgia and Missisipi in the late ninetheen century, but they
c)In the late ninetheen century, more than 300,000 workers were employed by factories in southern states such as Georgia and Missisipi, but they
d) More than 300,000 workers had been employed by factories in southern states like Georgia and Missisipi in the late ninetheen century, but these factories
e) Factories in southern states such as Georgia and Missisipi employed more than 300,000 workers in the late century, but these factories

Unlike other arachnids

Unlike other arachnids, which have their nerve cells evenly distributed along their bodies, the scorpion nerve cells are clustered in its head, like a mammal's.
(A) bodies, the scorpion nerve cells are clustered in its head, like a mammal's
(B) bodies, the scorpion's head had a cluster of nerve cells, as a mammal does
(C) body, the scorpion has a cluster of nerve cells in its head, as a mammal does
(D) body, nerve cells are clustered in the scorpion's head, like a mammal's
(E) body, a cluster of nerve cells is in the scorpion's head, like a mammal's

Many investors base their

Many investors base their choice between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to the dividends available on common stocks.

A between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields to
B among bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields to
C between bonds and stocks on comparisons of bond yields with
D among bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields and
E between bonds and stocks on comparing bond yields with

Many of them chiseled

Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.

A Many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries.

B Chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with many hundreds of monasteries.

C Hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago, are dotting the mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia.

D The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of which are chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.

E The mountainous regions of northern Ethiopia are dotted with hundreds of monasteries, many of them chiseled from solid rock centuries ago.

Written in ink or engraved by stylus

Written in ink or engraved by stylus, more than 2,000 letters and documents on wooden tablets excavated at the site of the old roman fort at vindolanda in northern England are yielding a historical account of the military garrison in the first and second centuries that are so vivid in their details about personal life as they are from Pompeii

A. are so vivid in their details about personal life as they ate
B. are as vivid in their details of personal life as those gathered
C. is as vivid in their detail about personal life as that gathered
D. is as vivid in its details of personal life as that gathered
E. is so vivid in its details of personal life as is that