Craft and StructureVery hardTwo authors on the interpretation of a decision
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The town sold its common land in 1830 to pay for the new bridge, argues historian Lin Petrov, citing the council's resolution that links the two.
Text 2
The resolution does link them, and the bridge was built. But the land sold for four times what the bridge cost, and the balance went to the twelve councillors as 'expenses'. The bridge was real; it was also the reason the sale could be made to look like public duty.
Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Petrov's account?
- A. By accepting the stated purpose while arguing that the sale served the councillors' private gain under cover of a public need.Correct
- B. By denying that the bridge was built.
- C. By claiming the resolution is a forgery.
- D. By agreeing that the sale was purely for the bridge.
Answer: A. By accepting the stated purpose while arguing that the sale served the councillors' private gain under cover of a public need.
Four times the cost; the balance to the councillors.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that the bridge was built.
- 'The bridge was real.'
- C. By claiming the resolution is a forgery.
- 'The resolution does link them.'
- D. By agreeing that the sale was purely for the bridge.
- The reverse.
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