Tutorial
2: Evaluating
Primary Sources
Quiz
You
have 90 seconds to complete this 5-question quiz.
When
the time runs out, your score will appear below:
1.
Primary sources require less critical analysis than secondary sources because
they were created by someone with first-hand knowledge of an event. (10 points)
2.
Documents created by people who intend to leave an historical record are frequently
less biased than documents created in the course of daily life. (10 points)
3.
An individual may witness an event and still not be able to give particularly
valuable information about it because of language barriers, or class differences.
(10 points)
4.
Quantitative historians use spreadsheets and statistical software to better
exploit numerical data. (10 points)
5.
Perspective, framing, and distance from the subject are aspects of photographic
or film evidence that a historian might consider in thorough analysis of visual
primary source materials. (10
points)
