Craft and StructureVery hardTwo views on who was to blame for an expedition's failure
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The expedition failed because its leader refused to turn back when the weather changed.
Text 2
The leader's journal shows that he proposed turning back on the third day and was overruled by a vote of the whole party, whose survivors later blamed him because he was the only one who did not live to answer.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?
- A. By arguing that the blame in Text 1 rests on the silence of the one person who could not defend himself.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the leader refused to turn back.
- C. By denying that the weather changed.
- D. By claiming the journal is a forgery.
Answer: A. By arguing that the blame in Text 1 rests on the silence of the one person who could not defend himself.
Overruled, then blamed in his absence.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the leader refused to turn back.
- The journal says he proposed it.
- C. By denying that the weather changed.
- The weather is not disputed.
- D. By claiming the journal is a forgery.
- The journal is the evidence.
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