Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.

Question

On a plantation there were large groups of workers—between fifty and several hundred. The mill was right next to the crop, so that growing and grinding took place in the same spot. And all the work was governed by extremely tight, rigid discipline. The Muslims began to put together the rules for this new kind of farming. Both they and the Christians experimented with using their slaves to run the plantations. At first many of the slaves working sugar plantations in the Mediterranean were Russians, or anyone captured in war. But even all this careful organization did not solve the second problem with sugar.

What evidence from the passage best supports the inference that making sugar was difficult? Select two options.

"growing and grinding took place in the same spot"
"the work was governed by extremely tight, rigid discipline"
"Muslims began to put together the rules for this new kind of farming"
"experimented with using their slaves to run the plantations"
“many of the slaves working sugar plantations in the Mediterranean were Russians”
"careful organization did not solve the second problem with sugar"

Answer 1

The two options that best support the inference that making sugar was difficult are:

1. "the work was governed by extremely tight, rigid discipline" - This suggests that the production of sugar required strict management, which can imply that the process was challenging and complex.

2. "careful organization did not solve the second problem with sugar" - This directly indicates that despite efforts to organize and manage the production process, there were still significant challenges that remained, highlighting the difficulties involved in making sugar.