Native American music is unique in the world in having almost no string instruments. The fretless, single-string violin of Mexico’s Seri Indians is therefore often remarked on in studies of Native American music. Most scholars assume that the Seri violin descended from the European violin. The Spanish introduced a variety of string instruments to Mexico following the conquest (1519), and these subsequently spread widely in many forms. However, Helen Roberts questions other scholars’ arguments that Mexican string instruments could not have preconquest origins simply because they are not mentioned by early Spanish sources and do not appear in indigenous Mexican illustrations. Roberts argues that because of their low volume, string instruments would not have been used in loud group contexts such as those depicted in Mexican manuscripts. 

Q: It can be inferred from the passage that the view held by most scholars regarding the origins of the Seri violin is based in part on 

A. differences between the Seri violin and European violins 

B. the rarity of string instruments among Native American peoples 

C. the fact that the Seri violin lacks frets and has only a single string 

D. a resemblance between the Seri violin and Spanish string instruments of the sixteenth century 

E. the means by which string instruments spread in Mexico following the conquest 

저는 답을 D라고 했습니다. 왜냐면 지문에서 "Most scholars assume that the Seri violin descended from the European violin. The Spanish introduced a variety of string instruments to Mexico following the conquest (1519), and these subsequently spread...." 라고 했기때문에.. Seri Violin이 스페인의 string instrument와 비슷할거라고 학자들이 생각했었을거라 추측한건데..

정답은 B라네요 ㅜㅜ B의 내용이 지문에 안나온건 아니지만.. 질문이 'origin of the Seri Violin'에 대해 뭍는거면 choice D가 더 논리적이지 않은것이며 왜 정답이지 않을걸까요 ㅠㅠ 

설명 부탁드려요 선생님들! :)