Item — sat-dog

Medium Reading and Writing · Standard English Conventions · None · MCQ

The following text is from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. The narrator is being driven in a carriage through a remote region at night. The baying of the wolves sounded nearer and nearer, as though they were closing round on us from every side. I grew dreadfully afraid, and the horses shared my fear. The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed; he kept turning his head to left and right, but I could not see anything through the darkness. Which choice best maintains the parallel structure of the sentence?

Which choice best maintains the parallel structure of the sentence?

A
The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed, nor did he keep turning his head to left and right.
B
The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed, and kept turning his head to left and right.
C
The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed, and kept turning his head to left and right; he could not see anything through the darkness.
D
The driver, however, was not in the least disturbed, although he kept turning his head to left and right.

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