Craft and StructureVery hardTwo authors on the meaning of a monument
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The obelisk on the hill was raised in 1815 to celebrate the peace, argues historian Fen Ward, citing its inscription.
Text 2
The inscription is genuine and does mention the peace. But the subscription list for the obelisk, in the estate papers, is headed by the landowner and consists almost entirely of his tenants, whose contributions were deducted from their rents. The monument celebrates the peace on its face; in its making, it records who owed what to whom.
Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Ward's reading?
- A. By accepting the inscription's message while arguing that the monument's funding reveals a different story about power on the estate.Correct
- B. By denying that the obelisk mentions the peace.
- C. By claiming the obelisk was raised in a different year.
- D. By agreeing that the monument was a spontaneous celebration.
Answer: A. By accepting the inscription's message while arguing that the monument's funding reveals a different story about power on the estate.
Genuine inscription; contributions deducted from rents.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that the obelisk mentions the peace.
- Text 2 accepts it.
- C. By claiming the obelisk was raised in a different year.
- Not disputed.
- D. By agreeing that the monument was a spontaneous celebration.
- The reverse.
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