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The abbey's kitchen accounts show fish bought every Friday for two centuries, then, from 1540, no fish at all and meat bought on Fridays instead. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. a rule against eating meat on Fridays stopped being observed at the abbey from 1540.Correct
  2. B. fish became unavailable in 1540.
  3. C. the abbey closed in 1540.
  4. D. the monks stopped eating on Fridays.

Answer: A. a rule against eating meat on Fridays stopped being observed at the abbey from 1540.

Fish on Fridays for two centuries, then meat on Fridays: the abstinence rule lapsed.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. fish became unavailable in 1540.
Meat replaced fish; nothing suggests fish vanished.
C. the abbey closed in 1540.
The accounts continue after 1540.
D. the monks stopped eating on Fridays.
Meat was bought for Fridays.

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