Craft and StructureEasy–MediumDisagreement about an explanation
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The town's medieval church stands a mile from the village because, folklorist Ida Brun argues, the village was moved after a plague.
Text 2
There is no record of any plague here. The church stands where it does because it was built beside the manor house, which burned down in 1600; the village grew up later around the mill.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely disagree with Brun about ____
- A. why the church stands apart from the village.Correct
- B. whether the church is medieval.
- C. whether the village exists.
- D. how far the church is from the village.
Answer: A. why the church stands apart from the village.
Brun: plague and a moved village. Text 2: a vanished manor and a village that grew elsewhere.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. whether the church is medieval.
- Not disputed.
- C. whether the village exists.
- Not disputed.
- D. how far the church is from the village.
- Not disputed.
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