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Craft and StructureVery hardOverall structure: reputation, counter-evidence, revised judgement

Craft and Structure practice question

The Victorian restorer of the abbey has been blamed for a century for destroying its medieval glass. His own notebooks, found in 2018, tell another story: the glass was already lying in boxes in the crypt when he arrived, smashed in a storm of 1852, and what he did was to gather every fragment and set the best of them in the east window, where they remain. He did not destroy the glass; he is the reason any of it survives.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. It states a long-held accusation, presents new evidence, and reverses the judgement.Correct
  2. B. It argues that the abbey should be restored again.
  3. C. It describes how stained glass is made.
  4. D. It lists the abbey's windows.

Answer: A. It states a long-held accusation, presents new evidence, and reverses the judgement.

Blamed; notebooks; the reason it survives.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that the abbey should be restored again.
Not argued.
C. It describes how stained glass is made.
Not described.
D. It lists the abbey's windows.
One window.

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