Asked by Zephyr Benedict

Compare the details that were included in both texts.
Over 200 hundred individuals were falsely accused of practicing witchcraft in the Salem area. (Text 1)
To entertain Halloween visitors, actors in Salem pretend to arrest people for practicing witchcraft. (Text 2)
The people of Salem decided that witchcraft was the cause of some villagers' strange behavior. (Text 1 & 2)
Several girls in colonial Salem fell into uncontrollable and unexplained fits. (Text 1 & 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.
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.

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A.

Text 2 says actors in Salem “pretend to arrest people for practicing witchcraft” to entertain Halloween visitors, which shows the town uses its dark history as an attraction—supporting that tourism has benefited. It does not claim modern residents believe the stories are literally true (B) and presents the trials as entertainment rather than calling them inappropriate (C).