Question ID:PT37 S2 Q11 Passage:Mark:  To convey an understanding of past events, a historian should try to capture what it was like to experience those events.  For instance, a foot soldier in the Battle of Waterloo knew through direct experience what the battle was like, and it is this kind of knowledge that the historian must capture.Carla:  But how do you go about choosing whose perspective is the valid one?  Is the foot soldier's perspective more valid than that of a general?  Should it be a French or an English soldier?  Your approach would generate a biased version of history, and to avoid that, historians must stick to general and objective characterizations of the past. Stem:Mark's and Carla's positions indicate that they disagree about the truth of which one of the following? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:The purpose of writing history is to convey an understanding of past events. Choice B:The participants in a battle are capable of having an objective understanding of the ramifications of the events in which they are participating. Choice C:Historians can succeed in conveying a sense of the way events in the distant past seemed to someone who lived in a past time. Choice D:Historians should aim to convey past events from the perspective of participants in those events. Choice E:Historians should use fictional episodes to supplement their accounts of past events if the documented record of those events is incomplete.