Information and IdeasEasy–MediumLocating the evidence for a claim
Information and Ideas practice question
The town's oldest pub claims a founding date of 1189, but the earliest document naming it is a tax roll from 1573. The claim rests on a beam in the cellar whose wood, tested in 2004, was felled in the 1180s — though the beam could have been reused from an older building.
According to the text, what is the evidence for the pub's claimed founding date?
- A. A cellar beam whose wood was felled in the 1180s.Correct
- B. A tax roll from 1573.
- C. A document written in 1189.
- D. A test carried out in 1189.
Answer: A. A cellar beam whose wood was felled in the 1180s.
The text says the claim 'rests on a beam in the cellar' dated to the 1180s.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. A tax roll from 1573.
- The tax roll is the earliest DOCUMENT, from 1573 — nearly four centuries later.
- C. A document written in 1189.
- No document from 1189 exists, according to the text.
- D. A test carried out in 1189.
- The test was carried out in 2004.
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