Question

The “new pasts” mentioned in first paragraph can best be described as the

• A. Occurrence of events extremely similar to past events
• B. History of the activities of studying, interpreting, and reading new historical writing
• C. Change in people’s understanding of the past due to more recent historical writing
• D. Overturning of established historical interpretations by politically motivated politicians.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Change in people’s understanding of the past due to more recent historical writing

The author in the first paragraph says that history is continually being made and studies and different interpretations might affect people’s perception of the past events. Then he adds that “new history”- a new view or interpretation might change the previous understanding of previous events.