Question

The Article states:

In Israel, oil from the grape-sized fruits was used to light lamps. Olive oil could heal sores. It smoothed skin. The oil was even used as a soap. Of course, olives were also food.


Why did the author include this passage?


To explain how olives are now used differently than they were in ancient times
To give examples of how the olive and its oil were used in ancient Israel
To show how difficult it was to remove oil from something as small as an olive
To suggest that olives grown in Israel are better than olives grown in Spain

Answer 1

To give examples of how the olive and its oil were used in ancient Israel.

(The passage lists specific uses—lighting lamps, healing sores, smoothing skin, as soap, and food—showing those historical uses.)