Question

Which one of the following passages best suggests an indirect cause?

A. If you mix pleasure and business, business suffers.
B. Jack slew the giant because he sold the cow for magic beans.
C. We've learned that Sally Jones had a child, but who was the father?
D. Because the cold front arrived, it snowed.

Answer 1

I would say that the passage which best suggests an indirect cause is B) Jack slew the giant because he sold the cow for magic beans.
Him selling the cow wasn't the direct cause for him killing the giant, but it happened indirectly.