RC Drill Set 6, Question 11
Historian Philippe Ariès claimed that in medieval Europe(445 more words not shown)
It can be inferred from(17 more words not shown)
- AParents in the(7 more words not shown)
- BConceptions of childhood(19 more words not shown)
- CThe ideal of(13 more words not shown)
- DPeople in the(8 more words not shown)
- EThe family in(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Keep Ariès's positions together: childhood wasn't viewed as a distinct stage, high infant mortality encouraged emotional distance, and the child-centered private family developed later. This is an EXCEPT question, so four choices should fit his view and one should fail—not the other way around.
Working the answers
- A
He says high infant mortality “induced indifference toward offspring.” This fits his account even though Shahar disputes it.
- B
The final paragraph links the changed family ideal to the growing influence of the middle classes in the postmedieval period. Ariès would agree.
- CCorrect
This puts the development in the Middle Ages. Ariès places the powerful, private, child-centered family in the later postmedieval period. That timeline conflict makes it the exception.
- D
The miniature-adult depictions are part of his evidence that medieval people didn't recognize a distinct childhood. This matches his interpretation.
- E
If the child-centered organization developed later, it wasn't already characteristic of medieval family life on his account. This preserves the same timeline that C reverses.
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