Nicholas Galanin is known for using video and photography to explore questions of authenticity in the identification and presentation of Native art. The acclaimed Tlingit/Aleut artist was awarded a 2013 fellowship by the Eiteljorg Museum, whose extensive collection of artworks by Indigenous peoples of the Americas and other artists of the American West _______ among the best in the world.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Explanation
Context: The true subject is "collection" — singular. The relative clause "whose extensive collection of artworks by Indigenous peoples...and other artists of the American West" has "collection" as the subject of the relative clause.
Answer: D) ranks
Why? Singular subject "collection" → singular verb "ranks." The long modifying phrase between the subject and verb is a distractor.
Traps:
- A) have been ranked → plural present perfect, wrong for singular "collection"
- B) rank → plural, wrong for singular "collection"
- C) are ranked → plural passive, wrong for singular "collection"