History

1. 1.

   Entirely fictional archive for source skills, not a real event. In the invented town of Mere, a fictional 1905 petition demands safer mills. A: a mill manager's letter to investors says, 'No serious injury occurred this month.' B: a newspaper repeats A verbatim, naming the manager as its source. C: a hospital register records a mill worker's broken arm but does not state how it happened. All documents and attributions are invented. Explain one reason the audience of A matters.

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2. 2.

   Entirely fictional archive for source skills, not a real event. In the invented town of Mere, a fictional 1905 petition demands safer mills. A: a mill manager's letter to investors says, 'No serious injury occurred this month.' B: a newspaper repeats A verbatim, naming the manager as its source. C: a hospital register records a mill worker's broken arm but does not state how it happened. All documents and attributions are invented. Why does B not provide independent corroboration of A?

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3. 3.

   Entirely fictional archive for source skills, not a real event. In the invented town of Mere, a fictional 1905 petition demands safer mills. A: a mill manager's letter to investors says, 'No serious injury occurred this month.' B: a newspaper repeats A verbatim, naming the manager as its source. C: a hospital register records a mill worker's broken arm but does not state how it happened. All documents and attributions are invented. Explain what C can and cannot establish about the manager's claim.

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4. 4.

   Entirely fictional archive for source skills, not a real event. In the invented town of Mere, a fictional 1905 petition demands safer mills. A: a mill manager's letter to investors says, 'No serious injury occurred this month.' B: a newspaper repeats A verbatim, naming the manager as its source. C: a hospital register records a mill worker's broken arm but does not state how it happened. All documents and attributions are invented. Explain why absence of injury entries in a surviving mill ledger would not necessarily prove safety.

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5. 5.

   Entirely fictional archive for source skills, not a real event. In the invented town of Mere, a fictional 1905 petition demands safer mills. A: a mill manager's letter to investors says, 'No serious injury occurred this month.' B: a newspaper repeats A verbatim, naming the manager as its source. C: a hospital register records a mill worker's broken arm but does not state how it happened. All documents and attributions are invented. Assess whether A should be discarded because it has a reputational interest.

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6. 6.

   Entirely fictional archive for source skills, not a real event. In the invented town of Mere, a fictional 1905 petition demands safer mills. A: a mill manager's letter to investors says, 'No serious injury occurred this month.' B: a newspaper repeats A verbatim, naming the manager as its source. C: a hospital register records a mill worker's broken arm but does not state how it happened. All documents and attributions are invented. Design a corroboration strategy for investigating the petition's safety demands.

   [4 marks] · no calculator

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