Question

It can be inferred from the passage that the author of the passage considers Allen's "discovery" to be

• A. already known to earlier historians
• B. based on a logical fallacy
• C. improbable but nevertheless convincing
• D. an unexplained, isolated fact
• E. a new, insightful observation

Answer 1

The correct option is D an unexplained, isolated fact

The author initially starts off by pointing out the findings of Allen and then moves on to criticize in a variety of ways how the findings are incomplete and provides evidentiary support to back up the claim. Hence we can select option (d) as the answer.