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Historian: In the Drindian Empire, a census was conducted annually to determine the adult population of each village. Until 1700, the central government used annual census figures to assess the tax a village owed. Since an increase in population would mean an increase in tax, villages would have a strong economic incentive to try to minimize the number of people recorded. Therefore, it was probably common for census figures from a village to underreport its population significantly.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the historian’s argument?
A. After 1700, the census figures for the adult populations of villages did not rise faster than would be expected as a result of normal population growth.
B. Before 1700, increases in tax rates were often followed by a larger-than-usual number of villages reporting a lower population than the year before.
C. The official tax and census records for a village in the Drindian Empire were never stored in that village.
D. Pre-1700 census figures from individual villages sometimes show significant declines in the adult population from one year to the next.
E. It would have been impossible for villages to conceal from the central government’s census takers all additions to their village’s population.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the historian’s argument?
A. After 1700, the census figures for the adult populations of villages did not rise faster than would be expected as a result of normal population growth.
B. Before 1700, increases in tax rates were often followed by a larger-than-usual number of villages reporting a lower population than the year before.
C. The official tax and census records for a village in the Drindian Empire were never stored in that village.
D. Pre-1700 census figures from individual villages sometimes show significant declines in the adult population from one year to the next.
E. It would have been impossible for villages to conceal from the central government’s census takers all additions to their village’s population.
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