Question

part A,end emphasis,

Which sentence ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, expresses a central idea of the passage?

Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
Early explorers like Pytheas generally had economic reasons for their journeys.

2.
Pytheas grew up in what is now the French city of Marseilles on the Mediterranean.

3.
Greeks like Pytheas understood and applied the concept that the world was round and not flat.

4.
Pytheas was able to travel astonishingly far despite primitive methods and modes of navigation.

Question 2
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Which ,begin emphasis,two,end emphasis, sentences from the passage ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, develop the correct central idea from Part A?

Question 2 Answer options with 5 options
1.
"Historians know that he traveled first to southwest Britain, a place where tin was mined." (Paragraph 5)

2.
"Both journeys would have brought him to the Atlantic coast, where he probably picked up a sturdier Celtic craft to take him to southern Britain." (Paragraph 6)

3.
"Their strong oak planks and shallow draft allowed them to rest on the bottom of the sea when tides ran low." (Paragraph 6)

4.
"This craft looked like a sort of giant basket: its hull was woven wickerwork covered with buttered ox hides, sewn together and made waterproof at the joints with pitch." (Paragraph 7)

5.
"He would have had no map to guide him, but traveling in a northerly direction was not difficult: he simply had to keep the sun at his back by day and follow the North Star by night." (Paragraph 8)

Answer 1

Part A: 4

Part B: 2 and 5

Brief explanation: Sentence 2 explains the sturdier vessel he used, and sentence 5 explains how he navigated without maps — together they show how Pytheas could travel far despite primitive methods.