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45. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi

45. According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s.

(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife

Written by Take GMAT Team on June 20th, 2008 with 21 comments.
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#1. June 29th, 2007, at 7:55 PM.

B

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#2. June 30th, 2007, at 8:30 PM.

B

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#3. June 30th, 2007, at 8:50 PM.

D

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#4. July 1st, 2007, at 1:15 AM.

I think A is fine..

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#5. July 1st, 2007, at 10:55 PM.

B

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#6. July 2nd, 2007, at 11:26 AM.

B

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#7. July 2nd, 2007, at 11:36 AM.

B

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#8. July 2nd, 2007, at 12:49 PM.

it is B. However, E also likes an answer TAKE THE GMAT please help

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#9. July 4th, 2007, at 12:13 PM.

A

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#10. July 5th, 2007, at 1:11 PM.

The answer should be A as all other are wrong for example made the face like his mother is wrong instead mother’s should have been there etc anyways this is a tough nut i guess admin people please help

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#11. July 15th, 2007, at 10:11 PM.

BBBBBBBBBB

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#12. July 16th, 2007, at 9:57 PM.

It looks like A

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#13. August 5th, 2007, at 11:52 AM.

modelled after is the right usage. ‘Like his mother’ loses to ”that of his mother

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#14. August 30th, 2007, at 7:22 PM.

A

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#15. September 7th, 2007, at 12:47 PM.

A sounds correct

Are there any definate answers somewhere??

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Manisha Sachdeva
#16. June 20th, 2008, at 12:40 PM.

A seems to be Ok.

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#17. June 20th, 2008, at 3:40 PM.

Option D picks the correct idiom “modeled after” succintly

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#18. June 21st, 2008, at 9:04 PM.

I wud opt for B..What is the correct ans?

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#19. June 23rd, 2008, at 11:40 AM.

I believe E is the answer.

Explanation:

(A) this is colloquial english.
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife - CORRECT but TOO VERBOSE and ELABORATE.
(C) wrong english - face / body cant be compared using like to a whole person(mother/wife)
(D) wrong for the same reason as C
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife - CORRECT

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#20. July 13th, 2008, at 4:21 PM.

E

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#21. August 5th, 2008, at 3:57 PM.

First I answered A but after read the comment I change to B

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