Information and IdeasVery hardInference about a church's floor
Information and Ideas practice question
The church floor is paved with gravestones, and the inscriptions on those nearest the door are worn almost smooth, while those by the altar can still be read easily. Since all the stones were laid at the same time and are of the same sandstone, a historian would infer that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. far more people have walked over the stones near the door than over those by the altar.Correct
- B. the stones by the altar are newer.
- C. the stones near the door were carved less deeply.
- D. the church was built from the altar outward.
Answer: A. far more people have walked over the stones near the door than over those by the altar.
Same stone, same date, different wear: different traffic.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the stones by the altar are newer.
- All were laid together.
- C. the stones near the door were carved less deeply.
- Nothing suggests different carving.
- D. the church was built from the altar outward.
- Building order does not affect wear on stones laid together.
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