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Craft and StructureMediumShared inference from two records

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A 1750 rent roll lists the cottage's tenant as a 'clockmaker'. Text 2 Restorers lifting the cottage's floor found dozens of tiny brass wheels, a broken clock spring, and a workbench with a vice bolted to it.

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

  1. A. clocks were made or repaired in the cottage in the eighteenth century.Correct
  2. B. the cottage was a brass foundry.
  3. C. the rent roll is wrong.
  4. D. the workbench dates from 1750.

Answer: A. clocks were made or repaired in the cottage in the eighteenth century.

A clockmaker in the record; clock parts and a bench under the floor.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the cottage was a brass foundry.
Tiny wheels and a spring are clock parts, not foundry output.
C. the rent roll is wrong.
The finds confirm the record.
D. the workbench dates from 1750.
The bench's date is not given.

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