For the question "Which of the following statements about the Netherlands at the end of the sixteenth century would, if true, most strongly support van Selm’s suggestion mentioned in the first paragraph of the passage?", I answered (A) The booksellers’ guilds also included printers in their membership.
My reasoning was that,
1) From the passage, van Selm suggests the innovation of used book auctions occurred in Leiden because it was the only major Dutch city in 1599 where booksellers were not subject to a guild.
2) So clearly van Selm suggests the guilds had a motive behind suppressing the spread of used book auctions. If the booksellers guilds had printers in their membership, those printers had a financial motive to suppress the spread of used book auctions, as they would desire that people purchased newly printed books from them instead.
I am not able to understand why this logic is wrong and (B) is the correct answer. Am I making interpretations beyond what
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My reasoning was that,
1) From the passage, van Selm suggests the innovation of used book auctions occurred in Leiden because it was the only major Dutch city in 1599 where booksellers were not subject to a guild.
2) So clearly van Selm suggests the guilds had a motive behind suppressing the spread of used book auctions. If the booksellers guilds had printers in their membership, those printers had a financial motive to suppress the spread of used book auctions, as they would desire that people purchased newly printed books from them instead.
I am not able to understand why this logic is wrong and (B) is the correct answer. Am I making interpretations beyond what
...
Statistics : Posted by partiban98 • on 08 Mar 2024, 12:08 • Replies 1 • Views 701
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