|Question 27Verbal

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the city of Timbuktu was part of the Songhai Empire.
- Timbuktu was a center of trade and scholarship in the Sahara desert.
- The city was known for its hundreds of thousands of written manuscripts on both secular and religious subjects.
- The manuscripts survive today in dozens of private libraries across the city.
- The Pearls Leading to Accepted Guidance is one of these manuscripts.
The student wants to introduce The Pearls Leading to Accepted Guidance to an audience unfamiliar with the Timbuktu manuscripts’ history. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the city of Timbuktu was home to The Pearls Leading to Accepted Guidance, a manuscript that discusses trade centers across the Sahara desert.
A
In the city of Timbuktu, dozens of private libraries house manuscripts, such as The Pearls Leading to Accepted Guidance, that discuss both secular and religious subjects.
B
The Pearls Leading to Accepted Guidance is a manuscript housed in a private library in Timbuktu.
C
Among Timbuktu’s vast collection of secular and religious manuscripts dating back to the Songhai Empire is The Pearls Leading to Accepted Guidance.
D