Information and IdeasVery hardEvidence that a speech was written after a battle
Information and Ideas practice question
A historian argues that a famous speech was composed after the battle, not delivered before it as legend holds.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. The speech quotes, word for word, a phrase from a letter that reached the general's camp three days after the battle, and the earliest copy of the speech is in the secretary's hand, dated a month later.Correct
- B. The general was known for his speeches.
- C. No soldier's diary from before the battle mentions the speech.
- D. The speech is longer than most battlefield addresses.
Answer: A. The speech quotes, word for word, a phrase from a letter that reached the general's camp three days after the battle, and the earliest copy of the speech is in the secretary's hand, dated a month later.
A phrase that did not yet exist, and a late copy.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The general was known for his speeches.
- Reputation does not date this speech.
- C. No soldier's diary from before the battle mentions the speech.
- Silence is weaker than a phrase that could not have been known.
- D. The speech is longer than most battlefield addresses.
- Length is suggestive at most.
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