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Question: 192
5. According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT:
- A. The United States agreed to finance and build the pedestal.
- B. Bartholdi needed help with structural issues of the statue.
- C. Joseph Pulitzer was instrumental in raising money for the pedestal.
- D. The designer of the Eiffel Tower was called in to help raise funds for the project.
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
D is correct. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, who designed the Eiffel Tower, was called in "to address the structural issues of Bartholdi’s colossal sculpture," not to help raise money for the project. Choice A is mentioned in line 17. Choice B is mentioned in lines 12-14. Choice C is mentioned in lines 27-35. Choice E can be ascertained by noting that the statue was completed in France in July 1884 and financing for the pedestal was completed in August 1885, more than a year later.