Craft and StructureVery hardFunction of the last sentence about a misdated letter
Craft and Structure practice question
The letter is dated 3 March, but its paper bears a watermark the mill used only from 1851, and the events it describes took place in 1850. Either the date is wrong or the watermark is. The mill's records, which list every batch of paper by month, say the watermark is not.
Which choice best describes the function of the final sentence in the text as a whole?
- A. It resolves the dilemma posed in the previous sentence by pointing to evidence that settles which is wrong.Correct
- B. It describes how paper was made at the mill.
- C. It argues that the letter is a forgery.
- D. It restates the problem without settling it.
Answer: A. It resolves the dilemma posed in the previous sentence by pointing to evidence that settles which is wrong.
The records settle it: the date is wrong.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It describes how paper was made at the mill.
- The records are cited, not the process.
- C. It argues that the letter is a forgery.
- A wrong date is not a forgery.
- D. It restates the problem without settling it.
- It settles the question.
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