PrepTest 130, Section 2, Question 3
Traditional sources of evidence about ancient history are(454 more words not shown)
The passage indicates that the(12 more words not shown)
- Ainvestigating the meanings(9 more words not shown)
- Btracing the sources(10 more words not shown)
- Cconstructing certain public(4 more words not shown)
- Dverifying that a(7 more words not shown)
- Eexploring the issue(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Think back to the final paragraph. Researchers recreated ancient cloth-making methods to test ideas about the equipment and production process. One example was the Athena dress: understanding the looms and the time required helped determine which statue it fit.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for a use of reconstruction specifically, not just any successful research method mentioned earlier.
Working the answers
- A
Difficult terminology is an obstacle in the first paragraph. But we aren't told that reconstructing cloth production deciphered those terms. Mentioning the problem doesn't establish this solution.
- B
Tracing raw materials is discussed, but the method is isotope fingerprinting. That's a different technique from recreating ancient production.
- C
No construction of museum displays is described.
- D
The shirt illustrates the benefit of preserving old material. Its identification isn't attributed to recreating ancient techniques.
- ECorrect
Scholars initially connected nine months of work with the larger statue. Investigating the looms and production methods showed that even the smaller statue's dress would have taken that long. Reconstruction helped resolve which statue received the garment.
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