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Craft and Structure practice question
The archive holds only ____ of the composer's letters — a few dozen pages where thousands once existed — so biographers must guess at much of her life.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. fragmentsCorrect
- B. copies
- C. translations
- D. summaries
Answer: A. fragments
'A few dozen pages where thousands once existed' means only scattered remnants survive — 'fragments'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. copies
- Copies could be complete; the sentence stresses how little remains.
- C. translations
- Nothing suggests the letters were in another language.
- D. summaries
- Summaries would tell biographers what the letters said; the point is that most of the material is simply gone.
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