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Craft and StructureEasy–MediumShared inference from two facts

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The barn's roof timbers are held with wooden pegs, and every joint is numbered with a chisel. Text 2 Medieval carpenters cut and fitted a roof frame on the ground, numbered the joints, took it apart, and reassembled it on the walls.

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

  1. A. the barn's roof was assembled by the method Text 2 describes.Correct
  2. B. the barn was built last century.
  3. C. the pegs should be replaced with nails.
  4. D. the numbers were added by a later owner.

Answer: A. the barn's roof was assembled by the method Text 2 describes.

Numbered joints and pegs: the medieval method.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the barn was built last century.
The evidence points to medieval work.
C. the pegs should be replaced with nails.
Not proposed.
D. the numbers were added by a later owner.
Text 2 gives the carpenters' reason for the numbers.

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