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Read the passage and select the inference(s) that hold true: Isaac van Schinne was baptized on 12 February 1640 in Middelburg. He married Catharina Dammaert (1646–1683) in that city on 12 October 1667. His son Isaac was born in Veere. In 1676 he arrived in Deshima; after a year he left, but in 1679 he went again. In 1681 he was appointed as chief of the factory. After his wife died he remarried the widow Aletta de Bitter (1654–1708). Early in 1684 they left Batavia and arrived in Middelburg later that year. Van Schinne was buried there on 18 September 1686. Inferences: I: Isaac's wife Catharina Dammaert died from lung cancer. II: Isaac was baptized at the age of 12 in Middelburg. III: Isaac was buried in Middelburg.
- 1Only inference III follows.✓
- 2Both I and II follow.
- 3Only inference II follows.
- 4Only inference I follows.
Correct answer
Only inference III follows.
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