Primary Source Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a primary source?

All of these answers could be primary sources.

What will BEST help you assess a historian's interpretation?

Reading a primary source for myself

True or False: Secondary sources use primary sources as evidence to describe a particular time period.

True

True or False: You should pay attention to the primary source's title.

True

What is a primary source?

A primary source is a historical document or artifact created during a particular time period that reflects the politics, economics, society, culture or religion of the time.

True or False: A painting is not a primary source.

False

True or False: Everyone will come to the same conclusion after reading the same primary source.

False

True or false: History is void of interpretation. History is the presentation of facts.

False

Are primary source authors biased?

Yes

Good historians read primary and secondary sources as:

a detective would, with curiosity, detachment, and suspicion