Part A Which of the following states an opposing argument that the author rebuts in the text?
A. Although his first career was not as an archaeologist, he developed an interest in history
and foreign cultures when he was just a child,
B. Most people assumed that like the Greek myths described in the tales, the city itself was
also a myth
C. Even though many modern archaeologists and scholars criticize Schliemann's approach
as an archaeologist, they forget that he was excavating at a much earlier time
D. He helped set the standard for what would and would not be accepted for fieldwork
Part B
Which sentence from the text offers a rebuttal that supports your answer in Pan A?
A. It is said that his first awareness of the city of Troy came from a history book his father
gave him as a present
B. But Schliemann had faith in the city's existence and believed that the descriptions were
too specific to be the stuff of fiction
C He prepared for his exploration by visiting different countries and studying archaeology
in Paris
D. There were no universally accepted rules of excavation in the late 1800s