Craft and StructureHardChoosing a precise noun in a music scholarship text
Craft and Structure practice question
Before the auction house would certify the cello, archivists spent months establishing its ____: bills of sale, insurance inventories, and letters tracing an unbroken chain of owners back to the Venetian workshop where it was built.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. provenanceCorrect
- B. tempo
- C. acoustics
- D. repertoire
Answer: A. provenance
Tracing an instrument's chain of owners back through sale records is establishing its 'provenance' — its documented history of ownership.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. tempo
- 'Tempo' is a property of performance, not of an instrument's ownership history.
- C. acoustics
- 'Acoustics' concerns sound, but the sentence is about sale records and owners.
- D. repertoire
- 'Repertoire' is the music played, not the instrument's documented past.
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