Question

sat #1 reading & writing - part 1
while researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• amelia edwards (1831 - 1892) was a british writer, adventurer, and advocate for scientific archaeology.
• edwards participated in an 1873 excavation at the temple of ramses ii in egypt and was dismayed by how carelessly the site and artifacts were treated.
• in 1882, edwards co - founded the egypt exploration fund (eef) to finance archaeologists who would take a more professional and scientific approach.
• archaeologists funded by the eef developed new methods of preserving sites and artifacts.

the student wants to write a sentence that explains how edwardss experiences led her to found the egypt exploration fund. which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
a edwards, dismayed by how carelessly sites and artifacts in egypt were being treated, founded the egypt exploration fund to sponsor a more professional approach
b the egypt exploration fund helped make archaeology a more professional field, funding archaeologists who made important scientific advances
c thanks to edwards efforts, archaeologists who wanted to preserve sites and artifacts more carefully were able to find funding for their expeditions
d edwards herself participated in an excavation at the temple of ramses ii, which was being carried out in a careless and unscientific way

Explanation:

The goal is to explain how Edwards's experiences led to founding the Egypt Exploration Fund. Option A directly links her dismay at the careless treatment of sites and artifacts during the 1873 excavation to her founding the EEF to sponsor a more professional approach. Option B focuses on what the EEF did for archaeology rather than her motivation for founding it. Option C is more about the result of her efforts for archaeologists getting funding rather than her motivation for founding the fund. Option D only describes her experience at the excavation without connecting it to founding the fund.

Answer:

A. Edwards, dismayed by how carelessly sites and artifacts in Egypt were being treated, founded the Egypt Exploration Fund to sponsor a more professional approach