Craft and StructureVery hardTwo views on monsters on old sea charts
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Early sea charts with fantastical creatures show that their makers believed the ocean held monsters.
Text 2
The creatures on early charts appear mainly in empty stretches where the mapmaker had nothing to record, and rarely in well-travelled waters where sailors would have known better. They look like decoration for the unknown rather than belief.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?
- A. By arguing that where the creatures appear suggests ornament rather than belief.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the mapmakers believed in monsters.
- C. By denying that early charts show creatures.
- D. By claiming that sailors saw monsters.
Answer: A. By arguing that where the creatures appear suggests ornament rather than belief.
Placed where nothing was known.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the mapmakers believed in monsters.
- Text 2 argues against belief.
- C. By denying that early charts show creatures.
- Text 2 discusses where they appear.
- D. By claiming that sailors saw monsters.
- The opposite.
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