Question

Which excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set best expresses MacGregor’s viewpoint about tea?(a)What 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)The 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)Ruling 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)Slaves in the Americas worked on sugar plantations, the start of the long and terrible triangular trade that carried European goods to Africa.

Answer 1

Answer:

(b)The 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.

Explanation:

According to  MacGregor, the drink he is referring to is the tea. The tea which was a very popular drink with the British did not originate from Britain. The tea was brought to Britain through international trade with other countries of the world.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. The 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.