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Complete Question Explanation
Must Be True. The correct answer choice is (E)
Here, the literary historian presents a fact set, mostly regarding Shakespeare: the historian asserts that he could have written the love poetry attributed to him, but he could not have written the dramas attributed to him because that would have required spending a lot of time with powerful leaders, which Shakespeare could not have done. Francis Bacon, the author adds, did have significant access to such powerful leaders.
Answer choice (A): The author does not assert that Bacon wrote the dramas—it is only implied that Bacon could have. As for whether Bacon could have written the love poetry, the literary historian does not comment, so this answer choice is unsupported by the stimulus.
Answer choice (B): The author makes neither of these assertions, coming only so close as to say that Bacon had the access needed to write the Shakespearian dramas.
Answer choice (C): This statement cannot be logically drawn from the stimulus, whose author asserts that Shakespeare could have written the love poetry attributed to him.
Answer choice (D): The assertion is not that the poetry and dramas could not have been written by the same author—just that Shakespeare didn't have the access to rulers that would have been needed for him to write the dramas.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. The author makes this basic assertion: it is possible that he wrote the poetry, but he didn't have the access to powerful rulers necessary to be able to write the dramas.
Must Be True. The correct answer choice is (E)
Here, the literary historian presents a fact set, mostly regarding Shakespeare: the historian asserts that he could have written the love poetry attributed to him, but he could not have written the dramas attributed to him because that would have required spending a lot of time with powerful leaders, which Shakespeare could not have done. Francis Bacon, the author adds, did have significant access to such powerful leaders.
Answer choice (A): The author does not assert that Bacon wrote the dramas—it is only implied that Bacon could have. As for whether Bacon could have written the love poetry, the literary historian does not comment, so this answer choice is unsupported by the stimulus.
Answer choice (B): The author makes neither of these assertions, coming only so close as to say that Bacon had the access needed to write the Shakespearian dramas.
Answer choice (C): This statement cannot be logically drawn from the stimulus, whose author asserts that Shakespeare could have written the love poetry attributed to him.
Answer choice (D): The assertion is not that the poetry and dramas could not have been written by the same author—just that Shakespeare didn't have the access to rulers that would have been needed for him to write the dramas.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. The author makes this basic assertion: it is possible that he wrote the poetry, but he didn't have the access to powerful rulers necessary to be able to write the dramas.
the thing/consequence didn't happen). Therefore, when I read the first sentence ("Shakespeare could have written the love poetry attributed to him"), I interpreted the sentence in a way that "he could have but he didn't." Therefore, I chose answer choice C