Craft and StructureHardTwo texts on a town's Roman name
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The town's Roman name shows that the Romans founded it.
Text 2
The Romans named many places they conquered rather than founded, and the town's earthworks predate the Roman arrival by two centuries.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely say that Text 1 ____
- A. mistakes a name given by conquerors for proof that they founded the town.Correct
- B. is right that the Romans founded the town.
- C. misreads the Roman name.
- D. dates the earthworks too early.
Answer: A. mistakes a name given by conquerors for proof that they founded the town.
A name proves conquest, not founding; the earthworks are older.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. is right that the Romans founded the town.
- Text 2 rejects this.
- C. misreads the Roman name.
- The name itself is not disputed.
- D. dates the earthworks too early.
- Text 2 gives the earlier date.
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