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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• The French Republican calendar was developed during the French Revolution.
• It had twelve months divided into three weeks of ten days each, followed by five supplemental days.
• Each day was named after a plant, animal, agricultural tool, or mineral as a way of honoring an aspect of rural life.
• Messidor is the tenth month of the French Republican calendar.
• The fifth day of Messidor is named Mulet, which means “mule.”

The student wants to explain why a day in the French Republican calendar’s month of Messidor was named Mulet. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

When the French Republican calendar was developed during the French Revolution, the fifth of Messidor was named Mulet.

B

The month of Messidor was divided into three weeks of ten days each, and one of those days was named Mulet.

C

Developed during the French Revolution, the French Republican calendar has twelve months, including Messidor.

D

Each day of the French Republican calendar year honors an aspect of rural life, which is why the fifth of Messidor is named after an animal, the mule.