Sugar Changed the World, Part 2: Central Ideas — Quiz
Question 3 • English Language Arts 10
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World . When knowledge of sugar was just beginning to spread from India, from Persia, from Greece, from the great school of Jundi Shapur, cooks working for the wealthiest people treated it as a spice, blending it with other tastes. They continued to do that for another thousand years. What evidence from the passage supports the inference that sugar was expensive and not available to everyone?
Answer
A
"from the great school of Jundi Shapur"
B
"cooks working for the wealthiest people"
C
"treated it as a spice, blending it with other tastes"
D
"They continued to do that for another thousand years"
Explanation
The passage says sugar was used by “cooks working for the wealthiest people.” This suggests sugar was costly or scarce because it was being used in the kitchens of wealthy people, rather than being available to everyone. The other details describe where knowledge of sugar spread or how cooks used it, not who could afford it.
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