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Craft and Structure practice question

For years the church's east window was a puzzle: its glass was medieval, but its lead was Victorian, and the two did not fit, so that a strip of plain glass had to fill the gap. Then a letter turned up in the diocesan archive. In 1861 the window had been sold to a collector, the church had regretted it, and the collector's heirs had returned the glass to a frame that had been made for something else.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. It describes an unexplained oddity and then gives the discovery that explains it.Correct
  2. B. It argues that the window should be restored.
  3. C. It compares medieval and Victorian glass.
  4. D. It describes how stained glass is made.

Answer: A. It describes an unexplained oddity and then gives the discovery that explains it.

Puzzle, then the letter.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that the window should be restored.
No argument.
C. It compares medieval and Victorian glass.
The two are mentioned, not compared.
D. It describes how stained glass is made.
No method.

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