Question

Read the excerpt from “George Washington.” He pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him. Which detail is the most relevant as support for the central idea of this excerpt? Washington escaped injury when four bullets ripped his coat. Washington was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754. Washington pursued land and military interests as a young man. Washington was alive during the time of the French and Indian War.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Washington was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754

Explanation:

Answer 2

The correct question: Read the excerpt from “George Washington.”

He pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him.

Which detail is the most relevant as support for the central idea of this excerpt?

a. Washington escaped injury when four bullets ripped his coat.

b. Washington was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754.

c. Washington pursued land and military interests as a young man.

d. Washington was alive during the time of the French and Indian War.

The correct answer is option (c). Washington pursued land and military interests as a young man.

• The detail that is most relevant as support for the central idea of the given excerpt is that Washington pursued land and military interests as a young man.

• It is because of his two intertwined interests that he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in 1754 and escaped injury when four bullets ripped through his coat the next year.
• That is, both the options (a) and (b) were aftermaths of Washington's interest in land and military.
• Washington was alive during the time of the French and Indian War. But this is not the central idea of the given excerpt, and hence option (d) is wrong.

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