Question

In the eighteenth century Josiah Wedgwood had made some of the most expensive stoneware ceramics – in jasper and basalt – in Britain, but this tea set shows that by the 1840s, when Wedgwood produced it, the company was aiming at a much wider market. This is quite clearly mid-range pottery, simple earthenware of a sort that many quite modest British households were then able to afford. But the owners of this particular set must have had serious social aspirations, because all three pieces have been decorated with a drape of lacy hallmarked silver. Which descriptive details from the text best help the reader visualize the specific early Victorian tea set that is the central topic of the text? -some of the most expensive stoneware ceramics -aiming at a much wider market -quite clearly mid-range pottery -decorated with a drape of lacy hallmarked silver

Answer 1

Answer is: A (first option)

Answer 2

The right answers are "quite clearly mid-range pottery" and "decorated with a drape of lacy hallmarked silver"

The descriptive details of the text that best help the reader to visualize the particular Victorian tea set are these two options quoted above because they describe two physical characteristics of the Victorian tea set. Because it is a physical feature, it is easier for the reader to imagine how this tea set would look and visualize it in his mind as best he can.