RC Drill Set 6, Question 13
Historian Philippe Ariès claimed that in medieval Europe(445 more words not shown)
Shahar's work as it is(16 more words not shown)
- ADid parents feel(16 more words not shown)
- BHow did social(8 more words not shown)
- CHow did the(14 more words not shown)
- DWere parents concerned(12 more words not shown)
- EDid parents in(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Shahar gives us evidence about whether parents cared for their children, how training was organized, and why parents sent children away. The ending says her rebuttal is still incomplete. For each choice, ask whether her work addresses that particular question; we need the one left unanswered.
Working the answers
- A
“Parental concern” and the conclusion that medieval parents cared about their children (paragraph 4) answer the emotional-distance claim. We don't need the exact word affection to recognize that response.
- B
She says the social norm of securing a future place for children led parents to choose monasteries or apprenticeships. That explains the influence on their decisions.
- CCorrect
She doesn't explain how changing ideas of the family affected perceptions of childhood. That broader institutional relationship is one of the “larger issues” the final paragraph says she doesn't address. Showing affection and a childhood stage doesn't supply a history of the child-centered family.
- D
Parents sought their children's future security and sued masters for maltreatment. That directly addresses concern at ages seven to eleven.
- E
This is central to her conclusion: medieval people viewed childhood as a distinct phase of growing up (paragraph 4). The fact that it differed from modern childhood doesn't leave this question unanswered.
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