Premise:
"The monastery received bequests from nobility throughout the Orthodox world, and was not averse to making money from commerce, particularly shipping."
Hypothesis: The monastery engaged in capitalism.

yes

Premise:
"It does not tell us what we need to know about America, what a novel can tell us about the complex attitudes and allegiances of a time and a place."
Hypothesis: It fails to tell us what we should know about the USA.

yes

Premise:
"Other projects require extensive steel erection with less boiler integration and will, therefore, have a lower percentage of boilermakers versus other trades."
Hypothesis: The other projects will not need to employ as many boilermakers relative to other trades.
yes