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Craft and Structure practice question

The estate sold its woods to a timber company in 1920. Within five years every oak over a century old had gone, and the village, which had cut its firewood there by ancient right, found the right worthless with nothing left to cut.

Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence?

  1. A. It describes the consequences of the sale for the woods and for the village.Correct
  2. B. It argues that the sale was necessary.
  3. C. It explains why the estate sold the woods.
  4. D. It describes the timber company.

Answer: A. It describes the consequences of the sale for the woods and for the village.

Oaks gone; a right made worthless.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that the sale was necessary.
Not argued.
C. It explains why the estate sold the woods.
The reason for the sale is not given.
D. It describes the timber company.
Not described.

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