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A well-known poem in praise of Elizabeth I of England, dating from about 1585, has until now been of unknown authorship. It has been discovered, however, that the poem contains several lines that appear in works dating from about 1560- 1570 by Anne Holtom. Elizabethan poets commonly reused lines from their own earlier work in poems they were working on. Most probably, therefore, Anne Holtom is the author of the 1585 poem.
Determining which of the following would be most useful in evaluating the argument given?
A. Whether Elizabethan poets were likely to include in their poems lines from works of other poets
B. Whether Elizabethan poets, when reusing lines from their earlier work, expected their readers to readily recognize such instances of reuse
C. Whether there are any poems that, although known to be by Anne Holtom, cannot be dated even approximately
D. Whether there were well-established conventions among Elizabethan poets regarding points to include in a poem in praise of a monarch
E. Whether Anne Holtom is known to have written poems of which no copy survives today
Determining which of the following would be most useful in evaluating the argument given?
A. Whether Elizabethan poets were likely to include in their poems lines from works of other poets
B. Whether Elizabethan poets, when reusing lines from their earlier work, expected their readers to readily recognize such instances of reuse
C. Whether there are any poems that, although known to be by Anne Holtom, cannot be dated even approximately
D. Whether there were well-established conventions among Elizabethan poets regarding points to include in a poem in praise of a monarch
E. Whether Anne Holtom is known to have written poems of which no copy survives today
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Premises:
A well-known poem in praise of Elizabeth I of England, dating from about 1585, has until now been of unknown authorship.
It has been discovered, however, that the poem contains several lines that appear in works dating from about 1560- 1570 by Anne Holtom.
Elizabethan poets commonly reused lines from their own earlier work in poems they were working on.
Conclusion: Most probably Anne Holtom is the author of the 1585 poem.
Because authors used to include lines from their own poems, we are assuming this poem was also written by Anne. But what if authors used to include lines from other people's poems too? Then the conclusion falls apart. So that would be useful to evaluate.
A. Whether Elizabethan poets were likely to include in their poems lines from works of other poets
Correct. As discussed above, this is useful to evaluate.
Yes/No Test
YES - Elizabethan poets were likely to include in their poems lines from works of other poets. Well then the poem could be written by anybody.
NO - Elizabethan poets were not likely to include in their poems lines from works of other poets. Looks like the poem was written by Anne.
B. Whether Elizabethan poets, when reusing lines from their earlier work, expected their readers to readily recognize such instances of reuse
Irrelevant whether they expected readers to recognize such instances of reuse.
C. Whether there are any poems that, although known to be by Anne Holtom, cannot be dated even approximately
Irrelevant. Our case is of a poem with unknown author but known date.
D. Whether there were well-established conventions among Elizabethan poets regarding points to include in a poem in praise of a monarch
Irrelevant. Whether there were well-established conventions or not, we don't know. Who followed the convention and who didn't, we don't know. Whether the poem follows the conventions or not we don't know.
E. Whether Anne Holtom is known to have written poems of which no copy survives today
Irrelevant. We have a copy of a poem whose author we need to find. It is a well-known poem in praise of Elizabeth I of England, dating from about 1585. Since many people know the poem, likely there are many copies.
Use Yes/No test.
YES: Anne Holtom is known to have written poems of which no copy survives today. But we have a copy of a poem whose author we do not know. So no copy poems of Anne are out of scope of our argument. We are worried about the author of the poem whose copy we have.
NO: Anne Holtom is not known to have written poems of which no copy survives today. Again, we have a copy of a poem. So lost poems of Anne are not part of our argument.
Answer (A)
Discussion on Useful to Evaluate Questions: https://youtu.be/1JtHjH1lWZc
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Background info: A well known poem (~1585) in praise of Elizabeth I has until now been of unknown authorship.
Premise: The poem contains several lines that appear in works dating from ~1560-1570 by Anne Holtom.
Premise: Elizabethan poets commonly reused lines from their own earlier works in poems they were working on.
Conclusion: It’s probable that Anne Holtom is the author of the 1585 poem.
We’re looking for info that would help us evaluate the argument.
A. This would be helpful. If they did use lines from other poems, then this mystery poem could have been written by a contemporary admirer of Holtom.
B. This wouldn’t help us assess if it was the same author.
C. This wouldn’t help us assess whether Anne Holtom wrote this particular poem.
D. If the lines in question were a quote that was regularly included in all monarch-praising poems, that would be different, but similar general points wouldn’t help us evaluate the argument.
E. Whether Holtom had written poems that haven’t survived to this day or not wouldn’t change the likelihood that she’d written this particular one.
Best answer is A.
