The best explanation for Mozart's death involves the recently detected fracture in his skull. The crack, most likely ...

Victoria on April 14, 2021

Hi @Guile,

Happy to help!

The author shares a possible explanation for why Mozart died - a fracture in his skull.

In this last line of the stimulus, the author says that this explanation is bolstered by the fact that the fracture shows signs of partial healing.

Why would this bolster the explanation? Because it shows that the fracture could possibly have caused his death. If the fracture in Mozart's skull occurred after he died, then it could not have caused his death. However, the fact that it shows signs of partial healing means that it must have occurred before Mozart's death.

Answer choice (A) is incorrect because we do not have enough information to suggest that the fracture could have fully healed, thereby avoiding Mozart's death. We just know that the fracture could have torn veins in his brain, causing bleeding that commonly leads to death.

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