The historian's assertion that there is a verifiable information about nineteenth-century Native Americans is _______, for there exist many transcripts of authentic oral accounts of their activities.
A) wealth...fallacious
B) shortage...legitimate
C) depletion...irrefutable
D) paucity...erroneous
E) surfeit...implausible

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The second part of the sentence says that there exist many transcripts of genuine accounts of the activities of Native Americans. So, the first part must mean either that the historian 'correctly asserted that there is a lot of verifiable information', or that he wrongly asserted that there is little of verifiable information'. Among the choices, it is D which means the latter, and is the answer.

The Historian's Assertion That There Is a Verifiable Information About