began killing large numbers of people via the guillotine.” As with 21 (B), there are no answers
in the first question that are supported by these lines, so 21 (C) is gone.
- 21 (D) says “I suspect that most people already had these pits all along and only attributed it
to the mysterious cause when they heard other people doing it” which seems to pretty clearly
support 20 (A). Draw a line physically connecting 21 (D) with 20 (A).
Now, notice that (C) and (D) in question 20 have no support? Regardless of the question or what you read
in the text, if the answers have no support from the “best evidence” question, they cannot be right.
Eliminate those two.
Your question should look something like this at this point:
Now you’re down to a very nice 50/50 split. Go back to the question. Of the two pairs, which one best