GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: For parts of his life, Burroughs, a writer in self-imposed exile, and

DearKS15 ,

First of all, my friend,sayantanc2k already gave a good explanation which I will repeat. We use "like" to compare nouns and "as" to compare verbs or clauses. In this sentence, we could compare either, so "as" is acceptable. If you want an explanation of all five options, please refer to the OE, given in the link in my initial
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