Question

read the passage and study the image from sugar changed the world.
the owner of a sugar plantation built a home—called the great house—usually high on a hill, where the tropical breezes blow. the open windows provided a kind of air conditioning, making even the hottest days more pleasant. these grand homes, with their high, cool rooms, their polished mahogany furniture, and their servants flitting between the main house and the separate cooking building, were meant to command attention, to show power and wealth. a plantation owner was a kind of god or king, ruling over his empire of sugar.
in the great house the owners could sit on the verandas, rest their legs on special chairs made for pulling off high rubber boots, drink their rum swizzlers, while their slaves labored on hundreds and hundreds of acres of cane fields. the furniture was imported from abroad, along with all the other comforts—silverware, silk - covered chairs, white christening gowns, porcelain washing bowls.
to this day, you can find the great houses of old plantations on hilltops throughout the caribbean, and yet the strange thing is that the men who built and owned the homes barely used them. for as soon as a sugar planter
how does the illustration relate to the description of a great house in the text?
○ the text describes the purpose of a great house, but the illustration shows only the enslaved people’s quarters.
○ the text describes the enslaved people’s quarters of a great house, but the illustration shows only the great house.
○ the illustration shows what a great house looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a great house looked like from the inside.
○ the illustration shows an empty great house, while the text explains that wealthy plantation owners lived mostly in their european residences.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option by comparing the text's description of the Great House with what the illustration (implied, as we infer from the options) shows:

Analyzing Option A:

The text says the Great House had “high windows” for air, “cool rooms”, “polished mahogany furniture”, and was for the owner to “command attention”. The option claims the illustration shows only enslaved people’s quarters—but the text describes the Great House (owner’s home), not enslaved quarters. Eliminate A.

Analyzing Option B:

The text describes the Great House (owner’s home), not enslaved quarters. The option claims the illustration shows only the Great House—but the text does describe the Great House, so this misrepresents the text’s focus. Eliminate B.

Analyzing Option C:

The text explains the Great House’s purpose (show power, “a kind of god or king”) and what it looked like from the inside (furniture, verandah, etc.). The illustration likely shows its exterior. This matches: the illustration shows the outside, the text explains the interior and purpose.

Analyzing Option D:

The text says the owner lived in the Great House (e.g., “the owners sat on the verandah”), not “mostly in their European residences”. The option misstates the text. Eliminate D.

Answer:

C. The illustration shows what a Great House looked like from the outside, while the text explains what a Great House looked like from the inside.