Question

how do these two excerpts from the selection work together? a both argue that while tarbells biographical essays were popular, they were often confusing or incomplete. b both illustrate tarbells exhaustive methods of researching, writing, revising, and publishing. c both give firsthand accounts of tarbells experiences as a woman in a predominantly male career. d both describe series tarbell wrote that caused \mcclures\ subscription to increase substantially. excerpt 1 tarbell traveled through kentucky, illinois, and washington, d.c., tracing the course of lincolns life. she reviewed court records and old newspapers. she interviewed people who had known lincoln during his lifetime. through her careful digging, tarbell uncovered more than 300 previously unpublished speeches and letters by lincoln. excerpt 2 tarbells first lincoln article appeared in \mcclures\ in november 1895. the final installment of the series ran the following november. the series pushed the magazines circulation to more than 300,000.

Explanation:

Excerpt 1 details Tarbell's extensive research travel, record reviews, interviews, and discovery of unpublished Lincoln materials, showing her thorough research process. Excerpt 2 covers the full timeline of her Lincoln article series from first publication to final installment, demonstrating her work on writing, revising, and publishing the content. Together, they highlight her exhaustive work methods. The other options are incorrect: A claims her work was confusing/incomplete (no evidence), C focuses on her experience as a woman (not mentioned in either excerpt), and D only relates to Excerpt 2's circulation detail, not both excerpts combined.

Answer:

B. Both illustrate Tarbell's exhaustive methods of researching, writing, revising, and publishing.