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Craft and StructureMediumShared inference from two sources

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A 1660 inventory of the manor lists 'the great glasse in the hall'. Text 2 Restorers stripping the hall's panelling found a rectangle of unfaded wood two metres wide, with iron fixings at its corners, at eye level on the north wall.

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

  1. A. a large mirror once hung on the hall's north wall.Correct
  2. B. the hall had no windows.
  3. C. the inventory is inaccurate.
  4. D. the panelling was installed in 1660.

Answer: A. a large mirror once hung on the hall's north wall.

A 'great glasse' in the inventory; an unfaded rectangle with fixings on the wall.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the hall had no windows.
Windows are not discussed.
C. the inventory is inaccurate.
The finds confirm the inventory.
D. the panelling was installed in 1660.
The panelling's date is not given.

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