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Craft and StructureMediumShared inference from two records

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A 1650 will leaves 'my forge and all my tools' to the testator's son, who lived at the cottage by the ford. Text 2 Behind the cottage by the ford, excavators found a bed of hammerscale, a broken anvil base, and a cobbled floor stained black with charcoal.

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

  1. A. a smith worked at the cottage by the ford in the seventeenth century.Correct
  2. B. the cottage was a coal merchant's yard.
  3. C. the will is a forgery.
  4. D. the anvil was made in 1650.

Answer: A. a smith worked at the cottage by the ford in the seventeenth century.

A forge in the will; hammerscale, an anvil base, and charcoal behind the cottage.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the cottage was a coal merchant's yard.
Hammerscale and an anvil are a smith's traces, not a merchant's.
C. the will is a forgery.
The finds confirm the will.
D. the anvil was made in 1650.
The anvil's date is not given.

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