Question

Passage 1: Daily Life in Athens
1 Athens was the largest and most powerful city-state in ancient Greece. According to legend, the goddess Athena and the god Poseidon competed for the right to name the city. Poseidon offered the water of the sea, but Athena planted a seed that grew into an olive tree, which the Athenians felt was more valuable.




Which sentence from Passage 1 introduces a topic that is not further developed in the passage
A. “Most Athenians earned a living by farming grapes and olives.” (paragraph 3)
B. “Removing an olive tree from the ground was a criminal offense.” (paragraph 3)
C. “The agora was the commercial center of Athenian life.” (paragraph 4)
D. “Despite its flaws, Athens was a groundbreaking city-state in many ways.” (paragraph 5)

Answer 1

B. “Removing an olive tree from the ground was a criminal offense.”

This specific legal detail is stated but not developed later, whereas A and C are expanded in their paragraphs and D serves as a summary of earlier points.