Craft and StructureVery hardOverall structure: two competing accounts resolved
Craft and Structure practice question
One story has the town's clock tower built to celebrate a royal visit; another, to mark the end of a cholera outbreak. The tower's foundation stone, cleaned last year, settles it: it is dated 1849 and inscribed 'in thankfulness for the passing of the sickness'. The royal visit came three years later, and the story of it was, it seems, a later improvement.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It presents two rival explanations, introduces evidence that decides between them, and accounts for the survival of the wrong one.Correct
- B. It argues that the tower should be restored.
- C. It describes the cholera outbreak in detail.
- D. It lists the town's monuments.
Answer: A. It presents two rival explanations, introduces evidence that decides between them, and accounts for the survival of the wrong one.
Two stories, the inscription, and why the false story persisted.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It argues that the tower should be restored.
- No such argument.
- C. It describes the cholera outbreak in detail.
- The outbreak is mentioned only via the inscription.
- D. It lists the town's monuments.
- One monument only.
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