Read the passage from "a cat is not a can of soup."

in other shops, the animals are treated like merchandise, like cans of soup or boxes of soap. these shop owners may buy dogs from puppy mills, businesses that turn out puppies as if they actually were cans of soup. the people running these mills provide food, water, and a place to sleep but not much else.

which term below is best illustrated by this passage?

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Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed in 1919 by theeighteenth amendment. prohibition, as it was called, achieved a number of good results. it lowered the average consumption of alcohol. 4rrests for drunkenness fell sharply. the rate of alcoholism was reduced. if the prohibitionists had been willing to legalize beer and wine, the experiment might have worked. instead, by insisting on a totally “dry” society, they drove thousands of ordinary people to break the law. 1. during prohibition, alcohol was not available. 2. during prohibition, many usually law-abiding people drank illegally. 3. the prohibitionists opposed the use of any form of alcoholic beverage. 4. the prohibitionists were tolerant of moderate social drinking.