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The rules of the card game as first printed in 1834 fill a single page. The current official rulebook runs to sixty pages, nearly all of them clarifications added after disputes at tournaments. The game itself has scarcely changed; what has grown is the record of arguments about it.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The rulebook's growth reflects accumulated disputes rather than changes to the game.Correct
- B. The game has become far more complex since 1834.
- C. Tournaments have made the game less popular.
- D. The original rules were incomplete.
Answer: A. The rulebook's growth reflects accumulated disputes rather than changes to the game.
The game has 'scarcely changed'; the sixty pages are 'the record of arguments'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The game has become far more complex since 1834.
- The text says the game itself has scarcely changed.
- C. Tournaments have made the game less popular.
- Popularity is never discussed.
- D. The original rules were incomplete.
- The text calls the additions clarifications after disputes, not corrections of an incomplete original.
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