Information and IdeasHardInference about a manuscript's route
Information and Ideas practice question
The manuscript carries the bookplate of a monastery in northern Italy, a note in Spanish dated 1580 on its flyleaf, and the stamp of a London auction house from 1910. Its pages are stained with salt water. A historian would most reasonably infer that the manuscript ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. travelled by sea at some point on its way from Italy to Spain and then to England.Correct
- B. was written in London in 1910.
- C. never left the monastery.
- D. was copied from a Spanish original.
Answer: A. travelled by sea at some point on its way from Italy to Spain and then to England.
Italy, Spain, London, and salt water.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. was written in London in 1910.
- The London stamp is an auction mark, not a writing date.
- C. never left the monastery.
- The Spanish note and London stamp show it left.
- D. was copied from a Spanish original.
- The Spanish note is on the flyleaf, not the text.
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