There Was Much Skepticism About History in the Seventeenth Century

Multiple Choice

There was much skepticism about history in the seventeenth century. All of the following added to that skepticism except:

A) it was not a form of true knowledge because it was not mathematical.
B) it was useless knowledge because Adam, the perfect man, neither had nor needed history.
C) it was based on too many facts rather than on broad and useful generalizations.
D) it lacked proof, and, in many cases, what passed for history was a mass of fables.