18. GWD26-Q18

18. GWD26-Q18

A medieval manuscript called L contains all eighteen extant tragedies

by the Greek playwright Euripides. Of these, ten called the “select

plays,” are accompanied in L by ancient commentaries and also

appear in other medieval manuscripts; this group includes some of

Euripides’ best-known works, including the Medea. The other eight,

which appear in alphabetical order, without commentary. The Electra is

one of the alphabeticals.

Which of the following can be reliably concluded on the basis of the

Statements given?

A.     Only Euripides’ best-known works are accompanied by ancient

commentaries in extant medieval manuscripts.

B.     The select plays are accompanied by ancient commentaries

because they were the best known of Euripides’ works.

C.     No commentaries were written about Euripides’ Electra in

ancient times.

D.     Euripides’ Medea never appears in medieval manuscripts

unaccompanied by ancient commentary.

E.      Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied by a com-

mentary in any extant medieval manuscript.

答案是E

可是我觉得哪个都不对啊

从哪里看出electra没有在any manuscript里accompanied by a comentary呢？只是在题目中提到的这个里面如此而已啊

mentary in any extant medieval manuscript.现在没有发现不代表以前这8本没有commentaries,所以CD错，AB明显不对

E选项是指这部作品从没有和任何评论一起出现过吗？

如果是，也不对啊

因为题目的信息只是说在L中，它是8部没有评论的作品之一，并不能推出在任何一部手稿中in any extant medieval manuscript都没有评论啊

同意，我觉得没有一个答案是对的，这个题我作了很久，晕！

我觉得没有一个是对的

反正我对E选项的推论看不出个所以然，我觉得无法推出E选项。

Of these, ten called the “select plays,” are accompanied in L by ancient commentaries and also appear in other medieval manuscripts... 言下之意，除了这十本，其他的8本都不出现在其它手本里？