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Set 4: Inferences (Advanced)

Explanation

Answer: B

PASSAGE

Colonial archives document resistance movements primarily through the reports of colonial administrators, who had obvious reasons to minimize, exaggerate, or mischaracterize uprisings. Historians using these sources must read 'against the grain,' extracting evidence of subaltern agency from texts designed to deny it.

What methodological challenge does the passage describe?

A. Archives contain only reliable, objective information.
B. Recovering marginalized perspectives requires critical engagement with sources that were created to suppress those very voices.✓ Correct
C. Colonial administrators had no biases.
D. Resistance movements left extensive written records.

Detailed Explanation

'Read against the grain' from texts 'designed to deny' subaltern agency = recovering suppressed perspectives.

Key Evidence:

• "extracting evidence of subaltern agency from texts designed to deny it"

Why others are wrong: A (Sources 'minimize, exaggerate, or mischaracterize.'), C ('Obvious reasons' = clear bias.), D (They're documented through colonial reports.).

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