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Craft and StructureMediumShared inference from two records

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The 1770 estate map marks a building at the crossroads labelled 'smithy'. Text 2 A metal-detecting survey of the field at the crossroads turned up a dense scatter of horseshoe nails, slag, and broken tools within a twenty-metre circle.

Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____

  1. A. a blacksmith worked at the crossroads in the eighteenth century.Correct
  2. B. the crossroads was the site of a battle.
  3. C. the estate map is inaccurate.
  4. D. the field has never been disturbed.

Answer: A. a blacksmith worked at the crossroads in the eighteenth century.

A map labelled 'smithy' and a scatter of nails and slag at the same spot.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the crossroads was the site of a battle.
Horseshoe nails and slag are smithing debris, not weapons.
C. the estate map is inaccurate.
The finds confirm the map.
D. the field has never been disturbed.
The finds show disturbance from smithing.

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