Craft and StructureVery hardTwo texts on a suspected forgery
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The manuscript is a forgery: its paper contains a whitening agent that was not used before 1950.
Text 2
The whitening agent was found only in the manuscript's outer leaves, which were replaced during a documented rebinding in 1955. The inner leaves are consistent with the sixteenth century.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely say that Text 1 ____
- A. draws a conclusion about the whole manuscript from evidence that concerns only leaves added in 1955.Correct
- B. is right that the manuscript is a forgery.
- C. misidentifies the whitening agent.
- D. ignores the manuscript's handwriting.
Answer: A. draws a conclusion about the whole manuscript from evidence that concerns only leaves added in 1955.
The anachronism belongs to the rebinding, not the text.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. is right that the manuscript is a forgery.
- Text 2 explains the finding without forgery.
- C. misidentifies the whitening agent.
- The agent is not disputed.
- D. ignores the manuscript's handwriting.
- Handwriting is not discussed.
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