Information and IdeasHardFinding that would weaken a claim
Information and Ideas practice question
A local historian claims that the town's Tuesday market dates from a royal charter of 1250, citing a copy of the charter in the town's archive.
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the historian's claim?
- A. The archive's copy of the charter was written in the 1700s and names a market day that the original, held in the national archive, does not mention.Correct
- B. The market is still held on Tuesdays.
- C. Other towns in the region also received charters in the 1200s.
- D. The town's archive was catalogued in 1950.
Answer: A. The archive's copy of the charter was written in the 1700s and names a market day that the original, held in the national archive, does not mention.
A late copy that adds a detail the original lacks undermines the citation.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The market is still held on Tuesdays.
- Consistent with the claim.
- C. Other towns in the region also received charters in the 1200s.
- Doesn't bear on this town's charter.
- D. The town's archive was catalogued in 1950.
- Cataloguing date is irrelevant.
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