Read the passage from a letter by Christopher Columbus.
All these islands are very beautiful, and of quite different shapes, easy to be traversed, and full of the greatest variety of trees reaching to the stars. I think these never lose their leaves, as I saw them looking as green and lovely as they are wont to be in the month of May in Spain.
–Letter to Gabriel Sanchez, Christopher Columbus
What evidence of bias exists in the passage?
A. Columbus makes positive comments.
B. Columbus includes detailed information.
C. Columbus shares multiple perspectives.
D. Columbus exaggerates his observations.
The answer is D. Columbus exaggerates his observations. The statement "reaching to the stars" is an exaggeration.
Read the two passages about Ötzi the Iceman.
Half an hour after Ötzi dined, the killer came along and shot him in the back from a distance of almost 100 feet. The arrow went under his left armpit . . . a wound that would have been quickly fatal and probably not treatable even in modern times, especially where it happened. By the angle of the wound, he was either shot from below and behind, or he had been bent forward when he was hit from above and behind.
–"Who Killed the Iceman? Clues Emerge in a Very Cold Case,” Rod Nordland
Again pain pierced the right side of his chest. He only wanted a short rest, but his need for sleep was stronger than his willpower. . . . He turned on to his left side to dull the pain. He laid his head on the rock. His senses numbed, he no longer noticed the awkward position of his folded ear. His left arm, its muscles relaxed and probably slightly bent at the elbow, lay in front of him. His right arm was almost extended and was hanging down forward. His feet rested one on the other; the left shoe under the right. Soon his clothes froze to the rough ground. He was no longer aware that he was freezing to death. Overnight the body froze stiff.
–The Man in the Ice, Konrad Spindler
On which fact does the historical perspective of the two passages differ?
A. the cause of Ötzi’s death
B. the reason for Ötzi’s killing
C. the description of Ötzi’s killer
D. the time frame of Ötzi’s death