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Information and Ideas practice question
The parish register lists an average of four marriages a year for two centuries. In 1846 it lists nineteen, and in 1847 only two. A new railway line opened in the parish in 1846. It is reasonable to infer that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the railway's arrival temporarily brought a large number of workers into the parish.Correct
- B. the register for 1846 was copied twice.
- C. marriages were forbidden in 1847.
- D. the parish's population fell in 1846.
Answer: A. the railway's arrival temporarily brought a large number of workers into the parish.
A spike in the year of construction, then a fall.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the register for 1846 was copied twice.
- No sign of copying errors.
- C. marriages were forbidden in 1847.
- Two marriages still took place.
- D. the parish's population fell in 1846.
- A spike suggests more people, not fewer.
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