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Question 1
A guest asks why Emperor Josef II bothered issuing a decree about wine sales at all. What is the accurate two-part reason?
A
Partly economic, to support Austria's wine growers, and partly social, to offer an alternative to urban taverns selling distilled spirits
B
Purely economic, to raise new tax revenue from wine sales
C
Purely social, to encourage temperance by banning wine sales in taverns
D
Purely military, to supply wine rations to imperial troops
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