Question

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. One of these early Hindu writings, the Atharva Veda, speaks of an archer's bow made of sugar cane. It tells of growing a circle of sugar cane as a kind of sweet protection for a lover, and it includes specific instructions on how to use sugar cane. To worship and request help from Durga, the most important goddess, you lie down and face a three-cornered fire pot. Then, as you speak the sacred words, you place your offerings in the fire. Sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire. Maybe after many, many offerings a priest noticed that if the juice of the cane was boiled in the right way, it crystallized into sweet, dark brown clumps. Perhaps that transformation itself seemed magical—a heated liquid turning into something that looked like dark grains of sand. In the Atharva Veda, sugar cane is called ikshu, which means "something that people want, or desire, because of its sweetness.” But once people learned how to make sugar crystals, they began to use the name sharkara, which also meant "gravel.” What evidence from the passage best supports the inference that sugar cane had special significance in the ancient era? Select three options. "you lie down and face a three-cornered fire pot" "sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire" "it crystallized into sweet, dark brown clumps" “Perhaps that transformation itself seemed magical” "sugar cane is called ikshu, which means 'something that people want'" "they began to use the name sharkara, which also meant 'gravel'"

Answer 1

The evidence from the passage supports the inference that sugar cane had special significance in the ancient era through its use in religious ceremonies, as an ingredient in rituals involving fire, and its transformation into sweet, dark brown clumps.

The evidence from the passage that supports the inference that sugar cane had special significance in the ancient era includes:

1. You lie down and face a three-cornered fire pot: This indicates that sugar cane was used in religious ceremonies and had a spiritual significance.
2. Sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire: This suggests that sugar cane had become an important element in rituals and traditions.
3. It crystallized into sweet, dark brown clumps: The transformation of sugar cane juice into sugar crystals was seen as magical, highlighting the value and significance of this process.

Answer 2

"sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire"

“Perhaps that transformation itself seemed magical”

"sugar cane is called ikshu, which means 'something that people want'"

These three options support the inference that sugar cane had special significance in the past. Sugar cane had very special meaning, but was not known as the sugar we know today. It was a very important element for religious ceremonies, considering it sacred. These phrases best represent the ancient significance and importance of the sugar. It is known from the paragraph that it was mentioned in early Hindu writings.

Sugar was first considered as a sweet protection for lovers . It was used to worship and request help from Durga, the most important goddess, then the priests continued using it until it was transformed. This transformation led to "dark grains of sand" which were then transformed into a kind of "sand" which it is more like to the sugar that is known in this era.