Question

The passage is most probably an excerpt from:

• A. An economic history of Japan
• B. The memoirs of a samurai warrior
• C. A modern novel about eighteenth-century Japan
• D. An essay contrasting Japanese feudalism with its Western counterpart

Answer 1

The correct option is A

An economic history of Japan

The entire passage talks about the history of Japan’s economy, the changes brought in, and the subsequent effects of the same. Nowhere has the Japanese feudalism been compared to its Western counterpart. Neither is it an introduction to a collection of Japanese folktales. Answer option (a) is the most relevant in this context, thus making it the correct answer choice.