Question

read the passage and study the image from sugar changed the world. the owner of a sugar plantation built a home—called the great house—usually high on a hill, where the tropical breezes blow. the open windows provided a kind of air conditioning, making even the hottest days more pleasant. these grand homes, with their high, cool rooms, their polished mahogany furniture, and their servants flitting between the main house and the separate cooking building, were meant to command attention, to show power and wealth. a plantation owner was a kind of god or king, ruling over his empire of sugar. in the great house the owners could sit on the verandahs, rest their legs on special chairs made for pulling off high rubber boots, drink their rum swizzlers, while their slaves labored on hundreds and hundreds how does the illustration relate to the description of a great house in the text? the text describes the purpose of a great house, but the illustration shows only the enslaved people’s quarters. the text describes the enslaved people’s quarters of a great house, but the illustration shows only the great house. the illustration shows what a great house looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a great house looked like from the inside the illustration shows an empty great house, while the text explains that wealthy plantation owners lived mostly in their european residences.

Explanation:

• Analyze Option 1: The text describes the Great House (not just enslaved quarters), so this is incorrect.
• Analyze Option 2: The text describes the Great House (not just enslaved quarters), so this is incorrect.
• Analyze Option 3: The text explains the interior (rooms, furniture, servants) and purpose of the Great House, while an illustration of a Great House would likely show its exterior. This matches.
• Analyze Option 4: The text says the owner built the Great House and lived there (e.g., sitting on verandahs), so the claim about living mostly in Europe is wrong.

Answer:

The illustration shows what a Great House looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a Great House looked like from the inside