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WHAT IS A HISTORICAL FACT
(Exercise B)
1. What is the «commonsense view» of the title question?
2. What are the author's two observations regarding the commonsense view? Quote the sentences that best
sum up his points and give line numbers.
i.lines:_________»_______________________________________________________________________
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ii.lines:________»________________________________________________________________________
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3. According to the author, accuracy for a historian is (circle one) :
a.
a virtue but not a necessity
b.
necessary and therefore a virtue
c.
necessary but not sufficient
4. a. What are the «auxiliary sciences» (1.19) for the historian?
b. What is the role of these «auxiliary sciences» for the historian?
5. The reader's arrival in «this building» (1.42) is an example of what? .
6. According to paragraph one, what makes a fact historical?
7. What single sentence in paragraph one best states the main idea presented in the paragraph? lines:_____
First three words:
Para.2 — end of text
8. When he was a student, Carr never thought about those facts that once must have been known but
were________
9. What distinction does Carr make between the study of ancient or medieval history and modern history?
10. In 11.72 Carr says «But the main trouble does not consist in the lacunae». In what does the main trouble
consist?
11. a. According to paragraph 2, why might students of history think the people of the Middle Ages were
deeply concerned with religion?
b. Why does Carr say he wonders if perhaps the people of the Middle Ages were not deeply concerned with
religion? (11.85-86)
12. The «intelligent undergraduate» who consults with his fellow student about «Jones» (1. 113-114) is
following what recommendation of Carr's?
13. Express Carr's «second point» (1. 132) as a recommendation to a historian.
14. Burckhardt, in making the remark about the Thirty Years War (11.140-143), is an example of (circle
one):
a. a historian bound by the views of his own age