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10 May 2026, 06:48
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Many scholars believe that official medieval persecutions of various minority groups were undertaken very reluctantly by medieval authorities and only in order to soothe popular unrest caused by underlying popular hostility to the groups in question. This belief is highly questionable. For one thing, there are few indications of any profound underlying popular hostility toward persecuted groups in cases where persecutions were particularly violent and sustained. For another, the most serious and widespread persecutions carried out by medieval authorities seem to have had as targets exactly those groups that most effectively disputed these authorities' right to govern.
The argument proceeds by
(A) referring to the large numbers of scholarly adherents of a certain view to support the claim that the view is correct
(B) providing reasons to suspect the reliability of any conclusions based on evidence concerning the distant past
(C) attempting to make a particular comparison seem absurd by adducing evidence that suggests that the events compared share only traits that are irrelevant to the claim the comparison is intended to support
(D) citing both a lack of evidence supporting a particular explanation and further evidence that suggests an alternative explanation
(E) establishing a general principle and using the principle to justify a conclusion about a particular category of cases
The argument proceeds by
(A) referring to the large numbers of scholarly adherents of a certain view to support the claim that the view is correct
(B) providing reasons to suspect the reliability of any conclusions based on evidence concerning the distant past
(C) attempting to make a particular comparison seem absurd by adducing evidence that suggests that the events compared share only traits that are irrelevant to the claim the comparison is intended to support
(D) citing both a lack of evidence supporting a particular explanation and further evidence that suggests an alternative explanation
(E) establishing a general principle and using the principle to justify a conclusion about a particular category of cases
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Prethinking: Author is attacking a belief by showing lack of evidence for it + giving alternative reason for persecutions.
Check options:
(A) Not about number of scholars → irrelevant
(B) Not about reliability of history in general → too broad
(C) No comparison made → wrong
(D) Matches exactly: no evidence for popular hostility + alternative explanation (political threat to authorities)
(E) No general principle used → wrong
Answer: (D)
Check options:
(A) Not about number of scholars → irrelevant
(B) Not about reliability of history in general → too broad
(C) No comparison made → wrong
(D) Matches exactly: no evidence for popular hostility + alternative explanation (political threat to authorities)
(E) No general principle used → wrong
Answer: (D)
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