Question 21 of 25 • LVA-English Language Arts 12 -SPRING
Which excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set best expresses MacGregor’s viewpoint about tea?
Answer
A
“[W]hat could be less British than a cup of tea, given that tea is made from plants grown in India or China and often sweetened by sugar from the Caribbean.”
B
“[T]he drink which has become the worldwide caricature of Britishness has nothing indigenous about it, but is the result of centuries of global trade and a complex imperial history.”
C
“[R]uling classes had a real interest in promoting tea drinking among the growing urban population, who were poor, vulnerable to disease and perceived as prone to disorderly drunkenness.”
D
“[S]laves in the Americas worked on sugar plantations, the start of the long and terrible triangular trade that carried European goods to Africa.”