Question ID:PT69 S1 Q11 Passage:Editor:  When asked to name a poet contemporaneous with Shakespeare, 60 percent of high school students picked a twentieth-century poet. Admittedly, it is hard to interpret this result accurately. Does it show that most high school students do not know any poets of Shakespeare's era, or do they just not know what "contemporaneous" means? However, either way, there is clearly something deeply wrong with the educational system. Stem:The statement that the majority of students picked a twentieth-century poet functions primarily in the argument Correct Answer Choice:EChoice A:as evidence that the educational system is producing students who are ignorant of the history of poetry Choice B:as evidence of the ambiguity of some questions Choice C:to illustrate that research results are difficult to interpret Choice D:as evidence that the ambiguity of data should not prevent us from drawing conclusions from them Choice E:as evidence that something is deeply wrong with the educational system