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Conclusion - The haraza archive was most likely produced by scribes who came to haraza from outside the region
Option E is the required assumption. Because if the records were not written in haraza then the conclusion fails.
Option E is the required assumption. Because if the records were not written in haraza then the conclusion fails.
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19 Dec 2025, 06:13
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In a recently excavated administrative archive unearthed beneath Haraza’s main city complex, researchers found dozens of tax records written in a highly specialized legal shorthand. Linguists note that during the period when the archive was produced, this shorthand was neither taught nor used in Haraza’s region, though it was common in several distant port cities. Further, the Haraza records employ the same abbreviations and sentence patterns found in tax records from those port cities. The researchers therefore conclude that the Haraza archive was most likely produced by scribes who came to Haraza from outside the region.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Some of the goods listed in the Haraza tax records were also traded through the distant port cities.
(This option is irrelevant to the argument) Wrong
(B) The port cities’ tax systems were administered by officials who had more training than Haraza’s officials did.
(The argument only relies on where the shorthand was used, not who was better trained) Wrong
(C) Haraza’s local government typically preferred to preserve local writing customs in official records.
(This somewhat strengthens the argument) Wrong
(D) The Haraza archive contains no explicit statement identifying where the scribes were trained.
(The argument relies on linguistic evidence, and not where scribes were trained) Wrong
(E) The Haraza tax records were written in Haraza rather than brought in from elsewhere.
(If the records were written somewhere else and just brought into Haraza, then the writing style doesn’t tell us anything about the scribes in Haraza. Also, Negating this statement, we get, The Haraza tax records were not written in Haraza, they were brought in from somewhere else, the conclusion falls apart) Correct
E
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Some of the goods listed in the Haraza tax records were also traded through the distant port cities.
(This option is irrelevant to the argument) Wrong
(B) The port cities’ tax systems were administered by officials who had more training than Haraza’s officials did.
(The argument only relies on where the shorthand was used, not who was better trained) Wrong
(C) Haraza’s local government typically preferred to preserve local writing customs in official records.
(This somewhat strengthens the argument) Wrong
(D) The Haraza archive contains no explicit statement identifying where the scribes were trained.
(The argument relies on linguistic evidence, and not where scribes were trained) Wrong
(E) The Haraza tax records were written in Haraza rather than brought in from elsewhere.
(If the records were written somewhere else and just brought into Haraza, then the writing style doesn’t tell us anything about the scribes in Haraza. Also, Negating this statement, we get, The Haraza tax records were not written in Haraza, they were brought in from somewhere else, the conclusion falls apart) Correct
E
19 Dec 2025, 06:20
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The last line is the conclusion of the argument. It tells us that the scribes came to Haraza, so the author assumes that the documents were produced in Haraza.
A) Incorrect : Irrelevant to the conclusion.
B) Incorrect: We are concerned about tax records which are written in Haraza and not in port citities.
C) Incorrect: Out of scope to the concusion.
D) Incorrect : Irrelevant to the conclusion
E) COrrect: If we negate this, the argument breaks. If the documents itself were transported, the scribes need nto have come to Hazara.
Option E
