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Craft and Structure practice question
The historian's argument that the letter was forged is ____ by the ink, which contains a pigment not manufactured until thirty years after the letter's supposed date.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. corroboratedCorrect
- B. undermined
- C. complicated
- D. anticipated
Answer: A. corroborated
Ink from thirty years after the date supports the forgery claim: it corroborates it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. undermined
- The ink evidence backs the claim rather than weakening it.
- C. complicated
- It makes the case simpler, not more complicated.
- D. anticipated
- The ink didn't foresee the argument; it supports it.
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