Read the passage from Gulliver's Travels. There was a most ingenious architect, who had contrived a new method for building houses, by beginning at the roof, and working downward to the foundation. Which is an objective summary of the passage?
Answer
A
When he meets a ridiculous architect, Gulliver is oddly impressed.
B
In his travels, Gulliver is fooled by a silly architect he meets.
C
Gulliver meets an architect who has a crazy way of building houses.
D
Gulliver encounters an architect who builds houses from the top down.
Explanation
An objective summary states the passage’s main information without adding opinions or events. The passage says an architect has a new method: building houses by starting at the roof and working down to the foundation. Choice C accurately summarizes this as building houses from the top down; the other choices add judgments or claims not stated in the passage.
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