I don't understand how b was the answer. I thought it was more of a detail.

Same here,,I think it's A!so confused...

Maleny, Jade, have you reviewed the solution in the app? It does explain the answer very well. Most main idea questions are easy, but this one is pretty difficult.

I speak to lengthens and I don't think I would understand this. Never.

Melvin, "All authors have a point they want to make in their writing." -> "I don't think I would understand this. Never."
If I would support your 'main idea' it would be foolish for me to reply ;)

You could have written a much longer piece (with arguments, different perspectives) while keeping your 'main idea'.

If you would make up a story like this:

I like vanilla milkshakes and went on vacation last summer.
When I got a flat tire, Obama made the news trying to ride a rodeo.
On winters coldest day, the bear came out, stretched its parts, yawned and dropped dead in front of my uncles garden chair.
The ferris wheel kept on turning while our Dean at school kept my brother hostage.

I could continue this 'story', but as you might have noticed there's no main idea, there's no correlation between the statements, there's no 'red line', the author does describe things but not as a toolset, a fundament to describe/set/make/build the main point/idea.

I so much hope this helps :)
Niels

Can someone please explain what descriptive questions are about? Thanks!

I honestly thought that b looked like a detail in the passage; how can it be the main idea? The main idea is supposed to be not too specific.

I don't reallyunderstand I chose this answer because I guessed it but the answer is not clear to me

All, why is the answer B: early moves toward viewing nature as ordered by divine and universal law coincided with monotheistic impulses and the disintegration of classical mythology. The main idea is in the final paragraph, which is restated and summarized in B. Here is how it breaks down:

"In classical times ... Aeschylus, Sophocles and Plato finally evolved from the pleasant but crude polytheism the idea of a single, supreme and righteous Zeus." >>> monotheistic impulses

"But the decay of Olympus ..." >> the disintegration of classical mythology

" ... led to a revival of old and the invasion of new magic cults among the people, while some philosophers were looking to a vision of the uniformity of nature under divine and universal law." >> early moves toward viewing nature as ordered by divine and universal law

I don't think B is the correct answer. The option A may is the right one. At the describe after I choose A ,there are little words to explain why is B, I agree what you say about what is the totally saying of the passage. But the A is also describe the main idea of the passage. Can you use more reason to explain the option B to me? My email is momo9619@me.com , thanks!!!!

I do not really understand this, although I made the correct answer .