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Hi Devzzz,
Your instinct is sharp, and you've actually spotted the exact wrinkle that makes (B) tricky. You're right that the documents only cover his early career. The key is realizing that's all we need.
Go back to how the stimulus frames the puzzle. There are only two possible patterns, and each one describes his entire30-year career:
- Simultaneous - he was a traveling administrator serving all four magistrates throughout, living part of each year in each city.
- Sequential - he served one magistrate for several years, then left to join the next.
Notice what this means: the question is asking which of these twocareer-long patterns he followed. It assumes he followed one of them consistently - not that he switched styles halfway through. (That's the point KarishmaB made: if he served one magistrate early and multiple later, the question wouldn't make sense.)
So take any single slice of time - his early career works perfectly:
- If those early documents involve only one magistrate - he was fixed in one place - sequential.
- If they involve several/all four at once - he was juggling all of them - simultaneous.
One period settles it, because the pattern is the same across the whole career.
A quick stand-in to feel it: Imagine a worker who either (a) visits four offices every single week, or (b) works at one office for years, then moves on. You only need to watch one week. Four cities that week? Pattern (a). One city? Pattern (b). You don't need the whole career - just one honest sample.
That's exactly what (B) gives you.
Answer: B
Your instinct is sharp, and you've actually spotted the exact wrinkle that makes (B) tricky. You're right that the documents only cover his early career. The key is realizing that's all we need.
Go back to how the stimulus frames the puzzle. There are only two possible patterns, and each one describes his entire30-year career:
- Simultaneous - he was a traveling administrator serving all four magistrates throughout, living part of each year in each city.
- Sequential - he served one magistrate for several years, then left to join the next.
Notice what this means: the question is asking which of these twocareer-long patterns he followed. It assumes he followed one of them consistently - not that he switched styles halfway through. (That's the point KarishmaB made: if he served one magistrate early and multiple later, the question wouldn't make sense.)
So take any single slice of time - his early career works perfectly:
- If those early documents involve only one magistrate - he was fixed in one place - sequential.
- If they involve several/all four at once - he was juggling all of them - simultaneous.
One period settles it, because the pattern is the same across the whole career.
A quick stand-in to feel it: Imagine a worker who either (a) visits four offices every single week, or (b) works at one office for years, then moves on. You only need to watch one week. Four cities that week? Pattern (a). One city? Pattern (b). You don't need the whole career - just one honest sample.
That's exactly what (B) gives you.
Answer: B
Devzzz
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