“Hale and her colleagues leaned on 1621 lore for historical justification” - here it says she relied on 17th century lore for justification. I looked up lore and it means knowledge held by a group typically passed from person to person - which means gossip. So I felt that the answer to this question is B) 17th century gossip. But the answer key says it is E) 19th century belief.
Wanted an explanation on why the answer is not 17th century gossip, what am I missing?
This question is from gregmat practice test beta 3 - verbal hard section Q15
so in the paragraph, where they mentioned lore they say 1621 lore. so if we are focusing on the word lore then the passage clearly says which century lore it is right? it says 1621 lore which is 17th century lore.
In the video Greg says she became the editor in 1837 but the question asks where Hale’s justification was derived from and the passage clearly says Hale " leaned on 1621 lore for historical justification."
Hence I’m still not able to see why option E is the better answer even if lore may not exactly be gossip. As Greg said in the video it could be gossip also and hence we need to choose between 17 and 19 and as I explained above, 17th century seems to make more sense.
