PT142.S1.Q2

PrepTest 142 - Section 1 - Question 2

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The author concludes that the stonemasons who made the Parthenon’s columns may have relied on a scale drawing of a column. This is because a scale drawing of a column for the temple at Didyma was discovered, and this drawing made it possible to determine the correct width at every height of column, which is something that we observe in the columns of the Parthenon.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that the stonemasons who made the Parthenon used methods that were similar in at least some ways to the methods used by the stonemasons who made the temple at Didyma. The author also assumes that there was nothing about the columns at the Parthenon that could have prevented scale drawings from being useful in making the columns.

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2.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

The Parthenon's stonemasons ███ ████████████ ██████████ ███████ ███████ ██████ ████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ██████████

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