RC Drill Set 3, Question 11
Marc Bloch's scholarship epitomizes the work of the(442 more words not shown)
According to the passage, in(6 more words not shown)
- Aemphasized the need(8 more words not shown)
- Bstressed the primacy(10 more words not shown)
- Crelied primarily on(4 more words not shown)
- Demulated the successes(4 more words not shown)
- Eexplored aspects of(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The Annales approach asks historians to do more than list famous events. They investigate how people lived and actively interpret evidence to understand a period's assumptions and perceptions. With that account in mind, which claim describes what these scholars did? We still need support for the particular claim, not just words that sound historical.
Working the answers
- A
No rule against sweeping generalizations is stated. The description concerns what historians investigate and how they interpret it.
- B
Economic practices are mentioned, but their primacy isn't established. Integrating them with social and political forms doesn't make economics the dominant force determining culture.
- C
Old documents are one source, but present-day landscapes are another. We aren't given a ranking showing that archival sources were primary.
- D
The writer contrasts active interpretation with the positivists' idea of facts speaking for themselves. That isn't an account of simply emulating positivist successes.
- ECorrect
The historians probe evidence for the characteristic beliefs and ways of seeing of a historical period (paragraph 1). Those are features the people living in that culture might have taken for granted. Here, “its contemporaries” means members of the bygone culture, not historians working alongside Bloch. The answer captures the effort to uncover the outlook behind everyday life.
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