Information and IdeasEasy–MediumQuotation showing a place's decline
Information and Ideas practice question
A historian claims that the harbour town had fallen into decline by 1900.
Which quotation from a visitor's 1900 diary best supports the historian's claim?
- A. "Half the warehouses stand empty, and grass grows between the quay stones where ships once queued to unload."Correct
- B. "The harbour is sheltered by a long stone pier."
- C. "We took rooms at the inn by the church."
- D. "The tide was out when we arrived."
Answer: A. "Half the warehouses stand empty, and grass grows between the quay stones where ships once queued to unload."
Empty warehouses, grass on the quay.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. "The harbour is sheltered by a long stone pier."
- Geography.
- C. "We took rooms at the inn by the church."
- Lodgings.
- D. "The tide was out when we arrived."
- The tide.
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