Question

Compare the details that were included in both texts.
Over 200 hundred individuals were falsely accused of practicing witchcraft in the Salem area.
To entertain Halloween visitors, actors in Salem pretend to arrest people for practicing witchcraft.
The people of Salem decided that witchcraft was the cause of some villagers' strange behavior.
Several girls in colonial Salem fell into uncontrollable and unexplained fits.
Which statement would the author of Text 2 likely agree with?
A. Salem's tourism industry has benefitted from the village's dark history.
B. People in modern day Salem believe that the stories of witchcraft are true.
C. The Salem witch Trials are an inappropriate topic for entertainment.

Answer 1

Both texts included statements 1, 3, and 4:
- Over 200 people were accused (1).
- Villagers blamed witchcraft for strange behavior (3).
- Several girls had unexplained fits (4).

Statement 2 (actors pretending to arrest people for Halloween visitors) appears only in Text 2.

Which statement would the author of Text 2 likely agree with? A. Salem's tourism industry has benefitted from the village's dark history — because Text 2 describes actors and Halloween entertainment that use the witch-trial history to attract visitors, which implies a tourism benefit.