In 1955, Indian Bengali ﬁlmmaker Satyajit Ray released his ﬁrst movie, Pather ______ quiet black-and-white drama about a
family in rural India, Ray’s ﬁlm was quite different from the loud, colorful action-romance movies that were popular at the
time.
Panchali a
Panchali, which was a
Panchali, a
Panchali. A
Choice D is the best answer. The convention being tested is punctuation use between sentences. In this choice, the period is
used correctly to mark the boundary between one sentence ("In…Panchali") and another ("A quiet…time"). The phrase
beginning with "a quiet" modiﬁes the subject of the next sentence, "Ray’s ﬁlm."
Choice A is incorrect because it results in a run-on sentence. The sentences are fused without punctuation and/or a
conjunction. Choice B is incorrect because it results in a comma splice. A comma can’t be used in this way to mark the
boundary between sentences. Choice C is incorrect because it results in a comma splice. A comma can’t be used in this way
to mark the boundary between sentences.