The artist Renoir’s last word was “flowers,”

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The artist Renoir’s last word was “flowers,” spoken as they arranged a bouquet of roses just picked from his garden in a vase on his bedroom windowsill.

A.as they arranged a bouquet of roses just picked from his garden
B.as a bouquet of roses had been just picked from his garden and was being arranged
C.as a bouquet of roses just picked from his garden was being arranged
D.during the arrangement of a bouquet of roses just picked from his garden
E.while they arranged a bouquet of roses that had just been picked from his garden

I chose B because I think that the verb "pick" happens before the verb"arrange", and since the verb "arrange" is used in past tense.then the verb"pick" shpuld be used in the perfect pas tense. Choice B correctly uses the logical verb tense.

[RonPurewal]

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