Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Patience Lovell Wright, whose traveling waxworks exhibit

I chose option a based on below understanding
X = because of having an eccentric personality
The words ???because of??? are a compound preposition. Prepositions are designed to be followed by only a noun ???- ???because of the rain???, ???because of the parade???, ???because of the child???s temper tantrum???, etc. The object of this or any preposition can be a gerund or gerund phrase ???- ???because of waiting for the senator???, ???because of limited parking???, ???because of having eaten out
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