The remaining Greek scholars moved to Jundi Shapur. Jews joined them, as did a group of Christians called Nestorians, who had th
eir own ancient and scholarly traditions. Persians added their voices, and one of their learned doctors set off for what is now India, to gather and translate the wisdom of the Hindus. The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world, a place where the sick were treated and young doctors learned their craft, as well as a fine observatory to track the heavens. At Jundi Shapur the best scholars west of China all gathered to think and study together. –Sugar Changed the World,
Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
What inference can be made from the passage?
(A) Jundi Shapur was a refuge for academics who had been persecuted.
The answer's (B) The scholars at Jundi Shapur were interested in various disciplines.
(C) Both men and women were scholars at Jundi Shapur.
(D) Greeks, Christians, Jews, and Persians gathered at Jundi Shapur.
(B) The scholars at Jundi Shapur were interested in various disciplines.
B is the best answer because it most accurately shows an inference from the passage. We know that the scholars were interested in various disciplines because it says, "The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world, a place where the sick were treated and young doctors learned their craft, as well as a fine observatory to track the heavens." This shows that the scholars studied everything from medicine to astrology. Option A is incorrect because the passage does not indicate that any of the academics had been persecuted. Option C is wrong because the passage says nothing of the scholars' genders. Option D is wrong because it does not include all of the cultures of the scholars that are talked about in the passage.
