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Codex Berinensis, a Florentine copy of an ancient Roman medical treatise, is undated but contains clues to when it was produced. Its first 80 pages are by a single copyist, but the remaining 20 pages are by three different copyists, which indicates some significant disruption. Since a letter in handwriting identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions a plague that killed many people in Florence in 1148, Codex Berinensis was probably produced in that year. Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports
the hypothesis that Codex Berinensis was produced
in 1148?(A) Other than Codex Berinensis, there are no known samples of the handwriting of the first three copyists. (B) According to the account by the fourth copyist, the plague went on for 10 months. (C) A scribe would be able to copy a page of text the size and style of Codex Berinensis in a day. (D) There was only one outbreak of plague in Florence in the 1100s. (E) The number of pages of Codex Berinensis produced by a single scribe becomes smaller with each successive change of copyist
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Dgurpreet07 wrote: Codex Berinensis, a Florentine copy of an ancient
Roman medical treatise, is undated but contains clues
to when it was produced. Its first 80 pages are by a
single copyist, but the remaining 20 pages are by
three different copyists, which indicates some
significant disruption. Since a letter in handwriting
identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions a
plague that killed many people in Florence in 1148,
Codex Berinensis was probably produced in that year.
Codex Berinensis was probably produced in 1148.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports
the hypothesis that Codex Berinensis was produced
in 1148?
(A) Other than Codex Berinensis, there are no
known samples of the handwriting of the first
three copyists.
How does it matter if CB was produced in 1148, Rejected
(B) According to the account by the fourth copyist,
the plague went on for 10 months.
If the plague went on for 10 days, it does not affect if CB was produced in 1948
(C) A scribe would be able to copy a page of text
the size and style of Codex Berinensis in a day.
In a day it does not provide support for CB being produced in 1148
(D) There was only one outbreak of plague in
Florence in the 1100s.
This is correct I arrived by elimination. This is inline with the plague occurance and significant interruption due to it.
(E) The number of pages of Codex Berinensis
produced by a single scribe becomes smaller
smaller it does not affect our proposal that the CB was produced in 1148
with each successive change of copyist
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vibhaj wrote: Dgurpreet07 wrote: Codex Berinensis, a Florentine copy of an ancient
Roman medical treatise, is undated but contains clues
to when it was produced. Its first 80 pages are by a
single copyist, but the remaining 20 pages are by
three different copyists, which indicates some
significant disruption. Since a letter in handwriting
identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions a
plague that killed many people in Florence in 1148,
Codex Berinensis was probably produced in that year.
Codex Berinensis was probably produced in 1148.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports
the hypothesis that Codex Berinensis was produced
in 1148?
(A) Other than Codex Berinensis, there are no
known samples of the handwriting of the first
three copyists.
How does it matter if CB was produced in 1148, Rejected
(B) According to the account by the fourth copyist,
the plague went on for 10 months.
If the plague went on for 10 days, it does not affect if CB was produced in 1948
(C) A scribe would be able to copy a page of text
the size and style of Codex Berinensis in a day.
In a day it does not provide support for CB being produced in 1148
(D) There was only one outbreak of plague in
Florence in the 1100s.
This is correct I arrived by elimination. This is inline with the plague occurance and significant interruption due to it.
(E) The number of pages of Codex Berinensis
produced by a single scribe becomes smaller
smaller it does not affect our proposal that the CB was produced in 1148
with each successive change of copyist Well explained.. +1
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How can we assume that the disruption was due to the plague? Also how does the occurrence of the letter in 1148 relate to the timing of the treatise? Even if there was one 1 outbreak in the 1100’s couldn’t the fourth copyist have produced them 60 years apart? I’m not trying to just be contrary but I have to ask since I didn’t make those leaps to get to D as the OA. But I do see how every other answer is wrong. When I read this I said to myself, “Wait. None of them are right.”
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vannbj wrote: How can we assume that the disruption was due to the plague? Also how does the occurrence of the letter in 1148 relate to the timing of the treatise? Even if there was one 1 outbreak in the 1100’s couldn’t the fourth copyist have produced them 60 years apart? I’m not trying to just be contrary but I have to ask since I didn’t make those leaps to get to D as the OA. But I do see how every other answer is wrong. When I read this I said to myself, “Wait. None of them are right.” I developed the same logic as you did. None of them are right. Can someone help？
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Thanks Jasonlu1981, I'm glad that I'm not crazy.
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17 Jul 2010, 17:39
I picked D, but I reached it using the same process of elimination that vibhaj did...
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vannbj, in this exercise we are not asked to find the truth, but just to find the option that most strongly supports the hypothesis. Even if the hypothesis is wrong, it doesn't matter because we need to find the evidence that will support it. If the question was: from the following, which one is true? Then it will be a problem because none is true. But the question is which one most strongly support the hypothesis, and out of those, the best is D.
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18 Jul 2010, 19:02
D for me too.
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D it is
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19 Jul 2010, 04:53
not my day all CR's are going worng
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D it is ,though i dont understand why the GMAT test makers use stupid names like codex berenensis . kind of difficult to pronounce this
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A defender argument,seeking external reasoning for strengthening the conclusion.D justifies the purpose.
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The answer is clearly D. I took nearly 4 minutes over it, but that was because I didn't want to get it wrong and read and re-read the passage. Here is my critical reasoning!: 1. Other than Codex Berinensis, there are no known samples of the handwriting of the first three copyists. How would this matter?2. According to the account by the fourth copyist, the plague went on for 10 months. This may help. But nonetheless, it doesn't point to a particular period specifically.3. A scribe would be able to copy a page of text the size and style of Codex Berinensis in a day. No reason why this would point to 11484. There was only one outbreak of plague in Florence in the 1100s. If there were more, wouldn't be able to pin-point the year. Therefore this is my pick.5. The number of pages of Codex Berinensis produced by a single scribe becomes smaller with each successive change of copyist. Needless to say, this is really worthless information.
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+1 for D.
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+1 for D
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25 Oct 2011, 13:03
I picked D...by POE...it is difficult to pick D because you need to make several assumptions
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D by POE
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