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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central argument about history? Question 2 of 6Which of these does the essay call facts that interpretation can't change? Question 3 of 6What does the essay imply by saying none of the three books "necessarily lies"? Question 4 of 6Why do governments rename streets and tear down statues, according to the essay? Question 5 of 6What does the author suggest about complete neutrality? Question 6 of 6What distinction does the closing line draw between history and a sermon? Vocabularyمُعَاهَدَةtreaty
مَجِيدglorious
مُذِلَّةhumiliating
هَامِشfootnote, margin
ضَرَاوَةferocity
تُشَيِّدُerects, builds
التَّمَاثِيلstatues
الْمَنَاهِجcurricula
التَّأْوِيلinterpretation
نُسَلِّطُ عَلَيْهِ الضَّوْءَwe spotlight
الْحِيَادneutrality
خُطْبَةsermon, speech