Craft and StructureVery hardTwo texts on a burnt layer
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The settlement was abandoned after a single catastrophic fire, as the burnt layer found across the whole site shows.
Text 2
The burnt layer contains pottery from two different centuries. One layer, two dates: the site burned more than once, and its abandonment looks gradual rather than sudden.
Based on the texts, how does the author of Text 2 challenge the claim in Text 1?
- A. By pointing to evidence within the burnt layer itself that it was not the product of a single event.Correct
- B. By denying that the site ever burned.
- C. By arguing that the pottery is modern.
- D. By claiming that the burnt layer covers only part of the site.
Answer: A. By pointing to evidence within the burnt layer itself that it was not the product of a single event.
Two centuries of pottery in one layer.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that the site ever burned.
- Text 2 accepts that it burned, more than once.
- C. By arguing that the pottery is modern.
- The pottery is from two past centuries.
- D. By claiming that the burnt layer covers only part of the site.
- Extent is not disputed.
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