RC Drill Set 6, Question 8
Historian Philippe Ariès claimed that in medieval Europe(445 more words not shown)
The passage supports which one(12 more words not shown)
- AMedieval accounts of(9 more words not shown)
- BMedieval accounts of(15 more words not shown)
- CMedical and theological(9 more words not shown)
- DIn medieval text(14 more words not shown)
- EIn medieval text(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
My first recollection is that direct accounts of parents' attitudes were unusual, which made Shahar's search difficult. But the question is broader: it asks what we can say about medieval documents. The illustrations and the alternative sources she uses may supply a different supported detail, so keep each description attached to the right kind of source.
Working the answers
- A
Accounts of saints' lives emphasize piety. We aren't told that medieval accounts of childhood generally do so.
- B
The biographies' stated emphasis is personal piety. Miracle accounts are also discussed, but the writer doesn't compare miracles with childhood to say which dominates those biographies.
- C
Read medical, not medieval. Personal records of parents' attitudes are rare; medical and theological writings are sources Shahar uses to find evidence. Their usefulness doesn't support the claim that they supply scant evidence of concern.
- D
This reverses the comparison: the illustrations distinguish children by stature rather than by childlike appearance.
- ECorrect
The children “look like miniature adults,” which supports the absence of distinctively childlike features. We can accept the description of the images without accepting Ariès's broader conclusion about how parents felt.
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