Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Renn's argument?

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Text 1
The parish map of 1790 is the surest guide to where the old field boundaries ran, argues historian Ivo Renn, since it was drawn by a surveyor paid to be accurate.

Text 2
The surveyor was paid by the landowner who was about to enclose the fields, and the map was the document that would fix what he owned. It is accurate where accuracy served him and vague where it did not; the commons, which he wanted to absorb, are drawn with a carelessness he shows nowhere else.

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A. By arguing that the surveyor's employer had an interest that shaped how accurately different parts of the map were drawn.. Paid by an interested party: accurate where it suited him.

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B. By claiming that the map is a modern forgery. — Not suggested.

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C. By agreeing that the map is uniformly accurate. — Text 2 says it is vague where it suited.

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D. By arguing that no surveyor can be accurate. — Text 2 says this surveyor was selectively accurate, not that accuracy is impossible.

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Answer: A. By arguing that the surveyor's employer had an interest that shaped how accurately different parts of the map were drawn.

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