Like the Unions in Paterson, New Jersey assessment, this question gauges whether students can source and contextualize a document. Students must first examine a 1940 painting depicting the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, then determine which two of four facts might help them evaluate the account's reliability. In strong answers, students will explain how the fact that the project was commissioned by Congress to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Constitution (Fact 2) may have affected the artist's decisions in depicting the scene. Strong answers will also explain that Fact 4 limits the reliability of the document, as it reveals that the painting was created over 160 years after the event depicted.
