376. In Egypt in the late Paleolithic period, the climate changed, pastures became deserts, and the inhabitants were forced to withdraw to the land bordering the Nile from their hunting grounds.

(A) inhabitants were forced to withdraw to the land bordering the Nile from their hunting grounds
(B) inhabitants had been forced to withdraw from their hunting grounds to the land that bordered the Nile
(C) inhabitants were forced to withdraw from their hunting grounds to the land bordering the Nile
(D) inhabitants having been forced to, withdrew from their hunting grounds to the land that bordered the Nile
(E) inhabitants withdrew, because they were forced to, from their hunting grounds to the land bordering the Nile

Solution:

Idioms + Parallelism + Awkwardness

A: “withdraw to X from Y” is not idiomatic.
B and D: “had been/having been” is not parallel to “climate changed, pastures became…”
E: “inhabitants withdrew, because they were forced to, from…”à awkward.
C: “withdraw from X to Y” is idiomatic. Best choice.

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