Information and IdeasVery hardInference about a fortress's water
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The hilltop fortress had no well, and the nearest spring was half a mile below its walls. Yet its garrison withstood a siege of five months in 1362. Archaeologists who found large plastered cisterns cut into the rock beneath the courtyard concluded that the defenders ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. had stored rainwater in advance, enough to last through a long siege.Correct
- B. surrendered when the spring was captured.
- C. had a secret tunnel to the spring.
- D. did not need water during the siege.
Answer: A. had stored rainwater in advance, enough to last through a long siege.
Cisterns explain five months without a well.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. surrendered when the spring was captured.
- They withstood the siege.
- C. had a secret tunnel to the spring.
- Cisterns, not a tunnel, were found.
- D. did not need water during the siege.
- Everyone needs water.
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