“According to the passage” wants a stated fact. If you have to guess how the author feels, you are in the wrong question type. Detail questions as a set are in detail questions.
Find the sentence, then match
Line references and names are locators. Do not pick a true-sounding extra. What the author would accept is a different leftover, in the author would agree. Inference is in inference questions.
The bottom line
Stated in the passage. If you cannot point to a line, it is not “according to.”
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