593. Ralph Eilison and Amiri Baraka both argued that music was perhaps the ultimate expression of Afro-American culture, that it was the one vector of African culture that there was no possibility to eradicate.

(A) that it was the one vector of African culture that there was no possibility to eradicate
(B) the one vector of African culture that could not be eradicated
(C) for it was the one vector of African culture, and that it was impossible to eradicate
(D) a vector of African culture that there was no possibility to eradicate
(E) as being the one vector that could not be eradicated from African culture

Solution:

Pronoun + Idioms + Wordiness

In A and D, “there was no possibility” is ambiguous. We have no place, which “there” can refer to.
In C, “for it was” is not idiomatic.
In E, “as being” is redundant. “eradicated from African culture changes the meaning.
B is concise and clear.

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