TIMEDD Read the excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set.

Desire for the drink increased in the eighteenth century, but government taxes kept the price high, so a vigorous smuggling trade developed to avoid the excise duty.

The phrase "(BLANK)" acts as a synonym context clue to help the reader understand “excise duty.”
a. drink increased
b. government taxes
c. eighteenth century
d. trade developed

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according to the options stated, the one that is correct is the second option. the author most likely includes the panel to hint at the strong bonds among his family members. besides, the image from art spiegelman’s maus is common to show and portray the innocence and naivete of the children during the holocaust as well as the fact that millions of innocent jews were rounded up and taken by train to camps.

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