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Some recently discovered Hittite tablets corroborate many of the descriptions of ancient life that appear in the Iliad and even list Greek cities that reportedly sent ships to Troy. What this find entails is that the Iliad is not simply creative literature, as is commonly believed, and hence not a matter for literary discussion alone. Rather, it is also history and should be examined by historical science.
The argument given relies on which of the following as an assumption?
A. The cities and events that were mentioned in the Iliad but not in the tablets are fictitious.
B. The Hittite tablets and the Iliad are not derived from a common source that had no basis in historical fact.
C. Before the discovery of the tablets, historians had never examined the Iliad.
D. Purported works of creative literature should be examined by historians to find out whether they record historical facts.
E. A work that does not contain historical facts is a matter of literary discussion.
The argument given relies on which of the following as an assumption?
A. The cities and events that were mentioned in the Iliad but not in the tablets are fictitious.
B. The Hittite tablets and the Iliad are not derived from a common source that had no basis in historical fact.
C. Before the discovery of the tablets, historians had never examined the Iliad.
D. Purported works of creative literature should be examined by historians to find out whether they record historical facts.
E. A work that does not contain historical facts is a matter of literary discussion.
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Niayesh99 wrote:
Some recently discovered Hittite tablets corroborate many of the descriptions of ancient life that appear in the Iliad and even list Greek cities that reportedly sent ships to Troy. What this find entails is that the Iliad is not simply creative literature, as is commonly believed, and hence not a matter for literary discussion alone. Rather, it is also history and should be examined by historical science.
The argument given relies on which of the following as an assumption?
A. The cities and events that were mentioned in the Iliad but not in the tablets are fictitious.
B. The Hittite tablets and the Iliad are not derived from a common source that had no basis in historical fact.
C. Before the discovery of the tablets, historians had never examined the Iliad.
D. Purported works of creative literature should be examined by historians to find out whether they record historical facts.
E. A work that does not contain historical facts is a matter of literary discussion.
The argument given relies on which of the following as an assumption?
A. The cities and events that were mentioned in the Iliad but not in the tablets are fictitious.
B. The Hittite tablets and the Iliad are not derived from a common source that had no basis in historical fact.
C. Before the discovery of the tablets, historians had never examined the Iliad.
D. Purported works of creative literature should be examined by historians to find out whether they record historical facts.
E. A work that does not contain historical facts is a matter of literary discussion.
Newly discovered Hittite tablets corroborate what is written in Iliad.
This shows that Iliad is not just creative literature (no basis in reality) as is believed.
It is history and should be examined by historical science.
Because Hittite tablets mention the same lifestyle as mentioned by Iliad and lists cities that sent ships to Troy, the author is claiming that Iliad is history, not fiction. What is the assumption here? That Hittite tablets give historical facts, not fiction.
He is assuming that both Hittite tablets and Iliad are not derived from the same creative common source (which would explain why they both match in their descriptions even if the descriptions are not historically accurate)
Just because what is written in Iliad has been found on Hittite tablets also, the author is assuming that what is written in historically accurate.
Hence option (B) is an assumption.
A. The cities and events that were mentioned in the Iliad but not in the tablets are fictitious.
No such assumption. He assumes nothing about cities not mentioned in the tablets.
C. Before the discovery of the tablets, historians had never examined the Iliad.
Not correct. He is not assuming that historians have never examined Iliad before. They may have examined and proclaimed it to be creative writing, we don't know. All we know is that it is commonly believed that Iliad is creative writing but because of the tablets the author believes that it portrays factual history and should be examined by historical science.
D. Purported works of creative literature should be examined by historians to find out whether they record historical facts.
The author says that Iliad is not creative literature. He doesn't assume anything about whether creative literature should be examined by historians or not.
E. A work that does not contain historical facts is a matter of literary discussion.
His argument is based on the assumption that a work that does contain historical facts must be examined by historical sciences. His argument is not based on how purely creative work should be treated.
Answer (B)
Some recently discovered Hittite tablets
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A. The cities and events that were mentioned in the Iliad but not in the tablets are fictitious. -- NO. Even if those not mentioned cities are fictitious, doesn't mean that Iliad cannot be examined by historians
B. The Hittite tablets and the Iliad are not derived from a common source that had no basis in historical fact. -- YES. If we negate B then both H tablet and Iliad come from somewhere with no historical basis then no reason to examine them both, that means at least one of them are from a source with historical basis which made historian examination reasonable.
C. Before the discovery of the tablets, historians had never examined the Iliad. --NO. It's ok to re-examine Iliad bcs of the common findings from H tablets.
D. Purported works of creative literature should be examined by historians to find out whether they record historical facts. -- No. It won't impact the made conclusion.
E. A work that does not contain historical facts is a matter of literary discussion. --NO. Since it's irrelevant to the reasoning.
B. The Hittite tablets and the Iliad are not derived from a common source that had no basis in historical fact. -- YES. If we negate B then both H tablet and Iliad come from somewhere with no historical basis then no reason to examine them both, that means at least one of them are from a source with historical basis which made historian examination reasonable.
C. Before the discovery of the tablets, historians had never examined the Iliad. --NO. It's ok to re-examine Iliad bcs of the common findings from H tablets.
D. Purported works of creative literature should be examined by historians to find out whether they record historical facts. -- No. It won't impact the made conclusion.
E. A work that does not contain historical facts is a matter of literary discussion. --NO. Since it's irrelevant to the reasoning.
