Information and IdeasVery hardFinding that would weaken a claim
Information and Ideas practice question
A historian claims that the town's medieval wall was built for defence against raiders.
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the historian's claim?
- A. The wall was never more than shoulder height, had no walkway or towers, and its gates were placed at the points where tolls on goods were collected.Correct
- B. The wall enclosed the whole town.
- C. Raiders attacked the region in the fourteenth century.
- D. Parts of the wall still stand.
Answer: A. The wall was never more than shoulder height, had no walkway or towers, and its gates were placed at the points where tolls on goods were collected.
Low, undefended, and gated where tolls were taken: a customs wall, not a defence.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The wall enclosed the whole town.
- Consistent with defence.
- C. Raiders attacked the region in the fourteenth century.
- Supports the claim.
- D. Parts of the wall still stand.
- Irrelevant.
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