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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?
- A. a rule against eating meat on Fridays stopped being observed at the abbey from 1540.Correct
- B. fish became unavailable in 1540.
- C. the abbey closed in 1540.
- 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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