DIRECTIONS for questions: Five jumbled sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence out and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.

1. The Bayeux tapestry was, therefore, an obvious way to tell people about the downfall of the English and the rise of the Normans.

2. So if we take expert in Anglo-Saxon culture Gale Owen-Crocker’s idea that the tapestry was originally hung in a square with certain scenes facing each other, people would have stood in the centre.

3. Art historian Linda Neagley has argued that pre-Renaissance people interacted with art visually, kinaesthetically (sensory perception through bodily movement) and physically.

4. That would make it an 11th-century immersive space with scenes corresponding and echoing each other, drawing the viewer’s attention, playing on their senses and understanding of the story they thought they knew.

5. The Bayeux tapestry would have been hung at eye level to enable this.

The correct answer is 1.

Let us analyze the given sentences to understand why sentence 1 is the odd one out. The sentences revolve around the Bayeux tapestry and how people historically interacted with it.

Sentence 3 introduces the core theme of the paragraph: the idea that pre-Renaissance people interacted with art in a physical, kinaesthetic, and visual manner.

Sentence 5 directly connects to sentence 3 by explaining how this interaction was practically achieved with a specific piece of art, stating that the Bayeux tapestry was hung at eye level "to enable this" (referring to the physical interaction mentioned in sentence 3).

Sentence 2 builds upon this physical setup, describing a specific hypothetical arrangement where the tapestry is hung in a square, placing the viewers in the center.

Sentence 4 then concludes this thought by summarizing the effect of this arrangement: "That would make it an 11th-century immersive space..." This logically follows the setup described in sentence 2.

Therefore, sentences 3, 5, 2, and 4 form a coherent sequence (3-5-2-4) focused on the physical, spatial, and immersive sensory experience of viewing the tapestry.

Sentence 1, on the other hand, shifts the focus entirely. Instead of discussing the physical or sensory experience of the art, it talks about the political message or narrative content of the tapestry—specifically, telling people about the "downfall of the English and the rise of the Normans." Because it focuses on the narrative purpose rather than the physical interaction and immersive spatial experience discussed in all the other sentences, it is the odd one out.