Question

Select the option that is closest in meaning to the given sentence:
"They built a statue of him lest people should forget what he had done."

• A. They built a statue of him so that people would not forget what he had done.
• B. They built a statue of him because people wouldn't forget what he had done.
• C. As people would forget what he had done one day, they built a statue of him.
• D. Believing that it was necessary for people not to forget what he had done, they had a statue of him built.

Answer 1

The correct option is A They built a statue of him so that people would not forget what he had done.

Option A is the only sentence that captures the meaning of the given sentence and presents it in a clear, concise manner without adding any further errors. The other choices are incorrect because they either carry grammatical errors or change the meaning of the given sentence. Option A is the answer.