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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 An 1830 directory lists the occupant of the cottage on the green as a 'cordwainer', a maker of shoes. Text 2 Under the cottage's floor, restorers found a scatter of leather offcuts, dozens of small iron nails, and a wooden shoe last worn smooth with use.

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

  1. A. shoes were made at the cottage in the early nineteenth century.Correct
  2. B. the cottage was a tannery.
  3. C. the directory is wrong.
  4. D. the last was carved in 1830.

Answer: A. shoes were made at the cottage in the early nineteenth century.

A shoemaker in the directory; leather, nails, and a last under the floor.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the cottage was a tannery.
Offcuts and a last are a shoemaker's traces, not a tanner's.
C. the directory is wrong.
The finds confirm the directory.
D. the last was carved in 1830.
The last's date is not given.

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