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As mentioned by several characters in William Shakespeare’s plays, notably by Marc Antony in Julius Caesar directly after Caesar's murder, “Havoc!,” a military signal from the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos in order to causing of confusion among the enemy.
  • a)
    “Havoc!,” a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos in order to causing of
  • b)
    “Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos, causing
  • c)
    “Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages that directed the soldiers to pillage, invoke chaos, and cause
  • d)
    “Havoc!,” a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directed soldiers to pillage, invoke chaos, and cause
  • e)
    “Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages to direct soldiers to pillage and to invoke chaos in order to cause
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As mentioned by several characters in William Shakespeare’s plays, notably by Marc Antony in Julius Caesar directly after Caesar's murder, “Havoc!,” a military signal from the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos in order to causing of confusion among the enemy.
Meaning Analysis
    • As mentioned by several characters in William Shakespeare’s plays, notably by Marc Antony in Julius Caesar directlyafter Caesar's murder,
  • “Havoc!,”
    • a signal used in the Middle Ages,
  • directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos in order to causing of confusion among the enemy.          
This sentence talks about the word “Havoc!”, which is mentioned several times in William Shakespeare’s plays and significantly by Marc Antony in Julius Caesar directlyafter Caesar's murder. “Havoc!” was a signal used in the Middle Ages. This signal was used to order the soldiers to loot goods and invoke chaos.  The intention behind these two activities was to cause confusion among the enemy.
Error Analysis
There is no verb for the subject “Havoc!”.   Also, the construction “in order to causing of” is incorrect.  It should be simply “in order to cause”.
Answer Choices
A
“Havoc!,” a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos in order to causing of
Incorrect:       
This choice has the error pointed out in the error analysis.  
B
“Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos, causing
Incorrect:      
This choice distorts the intended meaning, according to which the purpose of creating chaos is to cause confusion among the enemy.  This choice on the other hand by using comma + causing fails to communicate that sense of intention.
C
“Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages that directed the soldiers to pillage, invoke chaos, and cause
Incorrect:       
In this choice, since “cause” is parallel to “pillage” and “invoke,” it fails to convey the meaning that the intention behind pillage and invoking chaos was to cause the confusion.
D
“Havoc!,” a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directed soldiers to pillage, invoke chaos, and cause
Incorrect:  
This choice repeats the meaning error in option C.
E
“Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages to direct soldiers to pillage and to invoke chaos in order to cause
Correct:       
This choice corrects the errors of the original sentence.
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