Q18

A medieval manuscript called L contains all eighteen extant tragedies

by the Greek playwright Euripides. Of these, ten called the “select

plays,” are accompanied in L by ancient commentaries and also

appear in other medieval manuscripts; this group includes some of

Euripides’ best-known works, including the Medea. The other eight,

which appear in alphabetical order, without commentary. The Electra is

one of the alphabeticals.

Which of the following can be reliably concluded on the basis of the

Statements given?

A.     Only Euripides’ best-known works are accompanied by ancient

commentaries in extant medieval manuscripts.

B.     The select plays are accompanied by ancient commentaries

because they were the best known of Euripides’ works.

C.     No commentaries were written about Euripides’ Electra in

ancient times.

D.     Euripides’ Medea never appears in medieval manuscripts

unaccompanied by ancient commentary.

E.      Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied by a com-

mentary in any extant medieval manuscript.(文章没说啊)

看答案E就是不爽

是啊,我也感觉奇怪.

有人说是C,但是你看看C说的是古时候没有对Euripides’ Electra的评论.原文只是说L对18个戏剧中的10个做了评论,可没保证没有其他人不对另外的8个不做评论吧.

有人说是E,但是E说的是在现存的中世纪的手稿中,Euripides’ Electra都没有被评论.原文只是说手稿L不评论,并不表明其他现存的中世纪手稿里面没有评论吧(或许有或许没有)

我觉得答案没问题

原因：

Of these, ten called the “select  plays,” are accompanied in L by ancient commentaries and also appear in other medieval manuscripts;

这个句子表达了一面，如果从不充分表达方面理解，the rest eight should also appear in other medieval manuscripts without commentaries

well, we could also understand "ten called the “select  plays,” are accompanied in L by ancient commentaries and also appear in other medieval manuscripts (with commentatries); So D