Craft and StructureMediumPurpose of a passage on a technique
Craft and Structure practice question
The dry-stone waller uses no mortar. Each stone is chosen for the gap it must fill and set so that its weight locks the stones beneath it. A wall built this way flexes with frost and settles with the ground, which is why walls laid in the eighteenth century still stand.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain how dry-stone walls are built and why they last.Correct
- B. To argue that mortar should never be used.
- C. To describe the life of a waller.
- D. To compare old walls with new ones.
Answer: A. To explain how dry-stone walls are built and why they last.
Method, then the reason for durability.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To argue that mortar should never be used.
- No argument against mortar generally.
- C. To describe the life of a waller.
- No biography.
- D. To compare old walls with new ones.
- No comparison of walls.
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