▶ Your Answer : The lecture claims that Chevalier de Seingalt's memoir that contains his life and adventures is pretty much accurate. This contradicts the reading's assertion that accuracy of his memoir is controversial
The first point made in the reading passage is that he has borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swiss merchant. It doubts critics that if he had been very rich, he would not have needed to borrow money. The lecture, however, challenges this viewpoint by disputing that he was running out of cash, which would take few days to exchange from his products.
Another point that passage puts an emphasis on is that his records on the conversations cannot be captured accurately because it was written many years after the conversations. In contract, the lecturer contends that he wrote everything that he could remember. She further indicates that there are his notetakings as evidences.
Finally, it is stated in the passage that he used bribe to escape the prison. On the contrary, there were lot of rich men who were much more richer than him. However, those men couldn't use that to get out of the prison. She gives details that a government document states that the ceiling of the prison should have to be repaired which indicates his escape through the ceiling by breaking it.
In conclusion, the lecture retorts the assertion of the reading passage that memoir of Chevailer de Seingalt is not accurate and controversial. |