Information and IdeasVery hardEvidence for the authorship of an anonymous pamphlet
Information and Ideas practice question
A literary scholar argues that an anonymous pamphlet of 1790 was written by a known essayist of the period, referred to here as E.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. The pamphlet uses a rare spelling of three common words that appears in E's private letters but in no other printed work of the decade, and a printer's ledger records a payment to E in the month the pamphlet appeared.Correct
- B. E wrote on similar political topics in the same decade.
- C. The pamphlet was printed in the city where E lived.
- D. E publicly denied writing the pamphlet.
Answer: A. The pamphlet uses a rare spelling of three common words that appears in E's private letters but in no other printed work of the decade, and a printer's ledger records a payment to E in the month the pamphlet appeared.
A private habit in print, and a payment.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. E wrote on similar political topics in the same decade.
- Many writers shared those topics.
- C. The pamphlet was printed in the city where E lived.
- Many writers lived in that city.
- D. E publicly denied writing the pamphlet.
- A denial, if anything, weighs against the claim.
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