Craft and StructureVery hardTwo texts on pointed arches
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The pointed arches of the medieval bridge show that its builders had learned from Islamic architecture.
Text 2
Pointed arches appear wherever builders discover that they carry weight better than round ones. The same shape occurs in regions that had no contact with the Islamic world.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely say that Text 1 ____
- A. treats as evidence of contact a feature that builders anywhere might have arrived at on their own.Correct
- B. is right that the builders learned from Islamic architecture.
- C. overstates how well pointed arches carry weight.
- D. misdates the bridge.
Answer: A. treats as evidence of contact a feature that builders anywhere might have arrived at on their own.
A shape discovered independently proves no contact.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. is right that the builders learned from Islamic architecture.
- Text 2 offers a different explanation.
- C. overstates how well pointed arches carry weight.
- Text 2 itself says they carry weight better.
- D. misdates the bridge.
- No date is disputed.
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