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A historian claims that the town's 1850 market hall was built to impress rival towns rather than to serve its traders.

Which quotation from the town council's minutes of 1850 most effectively supports the historian's claim?

  1. A. "The hall shall have a frontage in stone such as no town within thirty miles can show, whatever the cost to the stall rents."Correct
  2. B. "The hall shall be built plainly, that the rents may be kept low."
  3. C. "The traders have asked for shelter from the rain, and shelter they shall have."
  4. D. "The site shall be levelled before building begins."

Answer: A. "The hall shall have a frontage in stone such as no town within thirty miles can show, whatever the cost to the stall rents."

A frontage to outdo every town nearby, at the traders' expense.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. "The hall shall be built plainly, that the rents may be kept low."
Plain and cheap: the traders' interest first.
C. "The traders have asked for shelter from the rain, and shelter they shall have."
Serving the traders.
D. "The site shall be levelled before building begins."
A practical step, no motive.

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