Craft and StructureEasy–MediumShared inference from two observations
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The church's north wall has a blocked doorway, low and narrow, with no path leading to it.
Text 2
Medieval churches had a small north door, opened during baptisms so that the devil, driven out of the child, could leave; these were commonly blocked up after the Reformation.
Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____
- A. the blocked doorway is probably a medieval 'devil's door' sealed after the Reformation.Correct
- B. the doorway was the church's main entrance.
- C. the church was built after the Reformation.
- D. the doorway led to a path that has since vanished.
Answer: A. the blocked doorway is probably a medieval 'devil's door' sealed after the Reformation.
A low north door; the medieval custom.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the doorway was the church's main entrance.
- Low, narrow, pathless: not the main door.
- C. the church was built after the Reformation.
- The door suggests a medieval church.
- D. the doorway led to a path that has since vanished.
- 'No path leading to it' fits a door not meant for use.
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