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Paris is the culinary center of the world. All the great missionaries of good cookery have gone forth from it, and its cuisine was, is, and ever will be the supreme expression of one of the greatest arts in the world. Most of the good cooks come from the south of France, most of the good food comes from the north. They meet at Paris, and thus the Paris cuisine, which is that of the nation and that of the civilized world, is created.

Adapted from The Gourmet's Guide to Europe, by Lieut.-Col. Newnham-Davis and Agernon Bastard (1903)

With which of the following statements would the author most likely agree?

Chefs trained in northern France are likely to be better than those trained in the south

Italian bread is better than French bread

Parisian cuisine has spread around the world

France's cuisine may someday be surpassed by another nation

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Flashcards: Inferences about the author

With which of the following statements would the author most likely agree?

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Chefs trained in northern France are likely to be better than those trained in the south

Your answer:

Italian bread is better than French bread

Your answer:

France's cuisine may someday be surpassed by another nation

Correct answer:

Parisian cuisine has spread around the world

Explanation:

The best answer is "Parisian cuisine has spread around the world. " This is because of the line that says "All the great missionaries of good cookery have gone forth from it," the word "missionary" meaning that people have started in Paris and taken the food elsewhere, including foreign countries. All of the other statements are at odds with things the author claims in the passage.

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Six years before Vasco da Gama made his famous voyage to India around Africa and opened a new trade route for the Portuguese merchants, another seaman had formed and carried out a much bolder plan. This was Christopher Columbus, and his plan was to sail directly west from Europe into the unknown ocean in search of new islands and the coast of Asia. Columbus, who was a native of Genoa in Italy, had followed his younger brother to Portugal. Both were probably led there by the fame of Prince Henry's explorations.

The brothers became very skillful in making maps and charts for the Portuguese. They also frequently sailed with them on their expeditions along the coast of Africa. All the early associations of Columbus were with men interested in voyages of discovery, and particularly with those engaged in the daring search for a sea route to India.

Adapted from Introductory American History, by Henry Eldridge Bourne and Elbert Jay Benton (1912)

Based on this passage, we can infer that the authors thought Christopher Columbus was ________________.

conceited

unimpressive

fearful

adventurous

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Based on this passage, we can infer that the authors thought Christopher Columbus was ________________.

Your answer:

conceited

Your answer:

unimpressive

Your answer:

fearful

Correct answer:

adventurous

Explanation:

The best answer choice is "adventurous." We can guess this from the use of words like "bold" and "daring," which convey a lack of fear and a love of adventure. The authors seem impressed by him rather than unimpressed. There are no suggestions that Columbus was conceited. For these reasons, the best choice is "adventurous."

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