Craft and StructureVery hardTwo views on a battle's decisive moment
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The battle turned when the cavalry charged at three o'clock and broke the enemy's left.
Text 2
The enemy's left was already giving way before the charge: their commander's dispatch, timed at half past two, orders a withdrawal because the ammunition had run out. The cavalry rode into a line that was leaving.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1's account?
- A. By arguing that the enemy's left was collapsing for its own reasons before the cavalry arrived, so the charge did not turn the battle.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the charge broke the enemy's left.
- C. By denying that a charge took place.
- D. By claiming the battle was lost.
Answer: A. By arguing that the enemy's left was collapsing for its own reasons before the cavalry arrived, so the charge did not turn the battle.
A withdrawal ordered at half past two.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the charge broke the enemy's left.
- Text 2 says the line was already leaving.
- C. By denying that a charge took place.
- The charge is accepted.
- D. By claiming the battle was lost.
- The outcome is not disputed.
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