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#27571
Complete Question Explanation
Main Point—SN. The correct answer choice is (C)
This author discusses the question of whether Europe traded with Asia in the Middle Ages; just because there are no verifying records, the author asserts, this doesn't mean such trade did not take place. The author says that making such an argument is like presuming the yeti to be a myth based on a lack of confirmed sightings--a confirmed sighting would provide proof, but a lack of such evidence does not disprove.
The question that follows asks for the main point of the stimulus, which is basically that although evidence can provide proof, a lack of evidence does not disprove a claim. This point is made in the context of trade in the middle ages, and of the yeti in the Himalayas.
Answer choice (A): (A) is accurate—both cases do lack confirmation, but this is not the main point as discussed above.
Answer choice (B): This is an Opposite answer. The author's main point is not that evidence the referenced trade in the Middle Ages is necessary--it is that even in the absence of evidence, such trade might have taken place.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice—the author's main point is that one cannot disprove a claim based merely on a lack of evidence.
Answer choice (D): (D) is not accurate, because the author does not believe that the existence of such trade can be disproved with an absence of evidence. Since this choice does not even pass the Fact Test, it cannot be the author's main point.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice refers to the lack of confirmation of Middle Ages Trade and the yeti, but the author's main point is not to show that they the two examples have the same lack of evidence, but rather that this lack of evidence does not disprove either claim.
Main Point—SN. The correct answer choice is (C)
This author discusses the question of whether Europe traded with Asia in the Middle Ages; just because there are no verifying records, the author asserts, this doesn't mean such trade did not take place. The author says that making such an argument is like presuming the yeti to be a myth based on a lack of confirmed sightings--a confirmed sighting would provide proof, but a lack of such evidence does not disprove.
The question that follows asks for the main point of the stimulus, which is basically that although evidence can provide proof, a lack of evidence does not disprove a claim. This point is made in the context of trade in the middle ages, and of the yeti in the Himalayas.
Answer choice (A): (A) is accurate—both cases do lack confirmation, but this is not the main point as discussed above.
Answer choice (B): This is an Opposite answer. The author's main point is not that evidence the referenced trade in the Middle Ages is necessary--it is that even in the absence of evidence, such trade might have taken place.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice—the author's main point is that one cannot disprove a claim based merely on a lack of evidence.
Answer choice (D): (D) is not accurate, because the author does not believe that the existence of such trade can be disproved with an absence of evidence. Since this choice does not even pass the Fact Test, it cannot be the author's main point.
Answer choice (E): This answer choice refers to the lack of confirmation of Middle Ages Trade and the yeti, but the author's main point is not to show that they the two examples have the same lack of evidence, but rather that this lack of evidence does not disprove either claim.