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Craft and StructureVery hardOverall structure: two explanations weighed and one preferred

Craft and Structure practice question

Why is the church so far from the village? One answer is that the village moved: after the plague, it is said, the survivors rebuilt on higher ground. The other is that the church was never meant to be near a village at all, but was built by a landowner beside his own hall, which has since vanished. The field between them, full of the humps of buried walls, settles the matter; the humps are the hall, not a village, and the church stayed where its patron wanted it.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. It poses a question, sets out two competing answers, and uses physical evidence to decide between them.Correct
  2. B. It argues that the church should be moved.
  3. C. It describes the plague.
  4. D. It lists the village's buildings.

Answer: A. It poses a question, sets out two competing answers, and uses physical evidence to decide between them.

Question; two answers; the humps decide.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that the church should be moved.
Not argued.
C. It describes the plague.
The plague is one explanation, not the subject.
D. It lists the village's buildings.
No list.

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