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Question 20 • Common Core ELA 12 - ELA3012 B-IC

Which excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set best expresses MacGregor’s viewpoint about tea?

Answer

“[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.”

“[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.”

“[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.”

“[S]laves in the Americas worked on sugar plantations, the start of the long and terrible triangular trade that carried European goods to Africa.”

Explanation

MacGregor’s viewpoint is that tea may symbolize Britishness, but it came from global trade and imperial history rather than from Britain itself. Choice B states that idea directly. Choice A makes a similar point about tea’s ingredients, but B gives the clearest overall summary.

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