Like Edvard Grieg,

[mehrak]

1. Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria.
(A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize,
(B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize,
(C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians,
(D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so
(E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg,

SPOILER:
OA:E

[cubicle]

E keeps parallelism.

[coolstruggler]

A and B are out as they illogically compare Edvard Grieg to Italians’ disregard for Verdi.
C is in passive voice and does not parallel the Italian's disregard for Verdi (in active voice)
D does not follow parallelism.
E is correct as it compares refusal with disregard. It also parallel with non-underlined text.

[effective_factor]

e it is

[mitzi]

1. Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria.
(A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize,
(B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize,
(C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians,
(D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so
(E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg,

Like vs. As
1) Like : use like when you want to focus on two nouns
2) As : use as when you want to focus on two nouns doing two action.
(in general a clause)

Idiom : Just as ~, so ~
C) "so" is missed in the second sentence.
D) although the idiom was correctly used, but it compares "the scandinavians" to the Italian's disregard" ---> wrong

[sjpre10]

Originally Posted by mitzi

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(D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so
(E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg,

Like vs. As
1) Like : use like when you want to focus on two nouns
2) As : use as when you want to focus on two nouns doing two action.
(in general a clause)

Idiom : Just as ~, so ~
C) "so" is missed in the second sentence.
D) although the idiom was correctly used, but it compares "the scandinavians" to the Italian's disregard" ---> wrong

How it is E?
With noun phrases it consists of infinitives too so its a clause. And in D both parts are meaning same. So I think D is the right answer.

I may be wrong. Please explain me with reasons.