Question

in the very heart of tokyo sits the imperial palace, site of the former edo castle. inside a colossal moat with ramparts that dwarf anything seen in europe, vast open spaces enclose the last fragments of one of the worlds most imposing seventeenth - century monuments. across the globe in france, louis xivs palace and gardens of versailles form a similar impression of artificial mastery of nature and society. miles of formal gardens punctuated decorated with fountains and statuary surround a palace known for its cold magnificence, with the entire ensemble of town, palace, and park orienting itself around a single, central focal point: the sun kings bedroom. each complex symbolizes a system of power. edo evokes brings to mind the tokugawa rule by status, which decreed that the daimyo lords, who were themselves forced to spend alternate years in edo away from their regional domains, lived administratively and spatially segregated from the various other categories of subjects, all ranged in a pattern of residential sectors spiraling around the castle. versailles, in similar fashion, bespeaks indicates the domestication of the french aristocracy in a \gilded cage,\ where they scrambled for favors while the sun king undermined their authority and deprived them of their independence....

• william beik, \louis xiv and the cities,\ edo and paris: urban life and the state in the early modern era, cornell university press, 1994

1.based on this passage, one way the castle at edo and the palace at versailles are similar is that both
(1) became symbols of power and wealth
(2) developed into monastic centers of learning
(3) were meant to provide protection and prevent attacks
(4) served as monuments to the military
the answer is ______ because

Explanation:

The text clearly states "Each complex symbolizes a system of power." This indicates that both the Edo Castle (imperial palace) and the Palace of Versailles were symbols. The description of their grandeur (like the vast open spaces around Edo, the formal gardens with fountains and statuary around Versailles) also implies wealth. So, they became symbols of power and wealth. There is no mention in the text about them being monastic centers of learning (option 2), about their protective function in terms of preventing attacks (option 3), or about them being monuments to the military (option 4).

Answer:

1. Because the text says each complex symbolizes a system of power and their descriptions imply wealth.