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Information and Ideas practice question

The upstairs windows of the old inn are all bricked up on the side facing the street and open on the side facing the yard. The inn was built in 1720, when a tax was charged on every window visible from the road. ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. The street-side windows were most likely blocked to reduce the inn's window tax.Correct
  2. B. The street side of the inn was never lit.
  3. C. The yard windows were added recently.
  4. D. The bricks were cheaper than glass.

Answer: A. The street-side windows were most likely blocked to reduce the inn's window tax.

Taxed if visible from the road; blocked on the road side.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The street side of the inn was never lit.
Not stated.
C. The yard windows were added recently.
Not stated.
D. The bricks were cheaper than glass.
The tax, not the cost of glass, explains the pattern.

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