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The following passage is adapted from an essay on early modern scientific history:

In June 1699, fifty-two-year-old naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian set sail from Amsterdam for Suriname, a Dutch territory in South America. Accompanied by her younger daughter, Dorothea Maria, Merian undertook a self-funded voyage financed through the sale of her personal artwork and collected specimens. Unlike traditional naturalists of the late seventeenth century, who relied almost exclusively on dried specimens shipped to European collectors, Merian sought to observe living insects directly in their natural tropical habitats. During her two-year residence in Paramaribo, she meticulously documented the metamorphosis of dozens of insect species, recording host plants, larval growth stages, and behavioral dynamics previously unknown to European scholars. She published her findings in 1705 in the masterwork Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. To transport delicate caterpillar pupae safely during her fieldwork in the jungle, Merian housed them in small wooden boxes ventilated with fine brass mesh, rejecting the common practice of preserving specimens in spirits of wine, which she observed rendered insect bodies translucent and stripped away their natural pigmentation.

According to the passage, Merian safely transported delicate caterpillar pupae during her fieldwork by doing which of the following?

  1. Housing them in small wooden boxes fitted with fine brass mesh for ventilationCevap
  2. B
    Submerging them in jars filled with spirits of wine to prevent decay
  3. C
    Shipping them as dried specimens directly to European collectors and cabinets
  4. D
    Securing them inside sealed glass containers alongside dried samples of host plants

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Housing them in small wooden boxes fitted with fine brass mesh for ventilation
The passage directly states that Merian transported delicate caterpillar pupae by housing them in small wooden boxes ventilated with fine brass mesh, rejecting liquid preservatives.

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1
Locate the specific section in the passage detailing how Merian handled and transported caterpillar pupae.
Found sentence near the end: 'To transport delicate caterpillar pupae safely during her fieldwork in the jungle, Merian housed them in small wooden boxes ventilated with fine brass mesh...'
Explicit detail questions require finding the direct statement in the text without drawing unstated inferences.
2
Match the explicit detail from the text with the correct corresponding choice.
The statement directly matches the choice describing housing them in small wooden boxes fitted with fine brass mesh for ventilation.
Literal comprehension relies on identifying accurate paraphrases of facts directly stated by the author.

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