Information and IdeasVery hardEvidence for a claim about a letter's author
Information and Ideas practice question
A scholar argues that an unsigned letter of 1790 in a family archive was written by the eldest daughter of the house, not, as long assumed, by her father.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. The letter's handwriting matches the daughter's signed diaries in every letterform, and it refers to 'my father's gout', which the father's own letters never mention.Correct
- B. The letter is dated 1790.
- C. The father wrote many letters.
- D. The daughter could read and write.
Answer: A. The letter's handwriting matches the daughter's signed diaries in every letterform, and it refers to 'my father's gout', which the father's own letters never mention.
Her hand, and a reference only she would make.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The letter is dated 1790.
- The date is not disputed.
- C. The father wrote many letters.
- Quantity does not identify this letter.
- D. The daughter could read and write.
- Literacy makes it possible, not proven.
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