Information and IdeasVery hardInference from an abbey's account book
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A medieval abbey's account book records large purchases of salt every autumn and none in spring or summer. It also records the purchase of many barrels each September. Historians would most reasonably infer that the abbey ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. salted meat or fish each autumn to keep through the winter.Correct
- B. sold salt to the surrounding villages.
- C. had no need of salt in winter.
- D. brewed beer in the barrels.
Answer: A. salted meat or fish each autumn to keep through the winter.
Salt and barrels before winter.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. sold salt to the surrounding villages.
- Purchases, not sales.
- C. had no need of salt in winter.
- Autumn buying suggests winter use.
- D. brewed beer in the barrels.
- Beer would not explain the salt.
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