Question

Read the passage from Gulliver's Travels.

There was a most ingenious architect, who had contrived a new method for building houses, by beginning at the roof, and working downward to the foundation.

Which is an objective summary of the passage?

In his travels, Gulliver is fooled by a silly architect he meets.
When he meets a ridiculous architect, Gulliver is oddly impressed.
Gulliver encounters an architect who builds houses from the top down.
Gulliver meets an architect who has a crazy way of building houses.

Answer 1

"Gulliver encounters an architect who builds houses from the top down."

It's the objective summary because it states the fact from the passage without adding judgment or inference.