Information and IdeasHardInference from a shipwreck's cargo and coins
Information and Ideas practice question
The shipwreck's cargo included Chinese porcelain and Indian pepper, but every coin recovered from it was Dutch. It is reasonable to infer that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the ship was a Dutch vessel carrying goods home from Asia.Correct
- B. the ship was sailing from Europe to Asia when it sank.
- C. the crew had never been to Asia.
- D. the cargo had been stolen from a Dutch ship.
Answer: A. the ship was a Dutch vessel carrying goods home from Asia.
Asian goods, Dutch money: a Dutch trader on the way back.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the ship was sailing from Europe to Asia when it sank.
- A ship bound for Asia would not yet carry Asian goods.
- C. the crew had never been to Asia.
- The cargo came from Asia.
- D. the cargo had been stolen from a Dutch ship.
- Nothing suggests theft.
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