Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England - 100%

Which line best helps develop the central idea that the plague was a very deadly disease? "Elizabethans do not understand infection and contagion as we do." "In 1565 the people of Bristol count up the plague victims for that year and arrive at the figure of 2,070 . . ." "This last epidemic originates in Portugal and is brought to Devon by mariners." "It is ironic that the great naval ships that deliver the English from the Spanish threat bring another danger . . ."

"In 1565 the people of Bristol count up the plague victims for that year and arrive at the figure of 2,070 . . ."

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. The theory of the humors is just the basic framework into which physicians fit a number of other ideas. Galen teaches that every living thing is composed of the four elements: fire, earth, air, and water. Each of these corresponds with one of the four humors. Fire, which is said to be hot and dry, corresponds with choler; water (cold and wet) with phlegm; earth (dry and cold) with black bile; and air (hot and wet) with blood. These properties are all associated with parts of the body, so the brain is cold and moist, the kidneys hot and moist, and so on. If an imbalance in the humors clashes with the properties of an organ, the patient will be ill. Which sentence best summarizes the excerpt? Water was thought to be cold and wet, so it was associated with phlegm. Elizabethans believed that the balance of the four humors would keep them healthy. Galen taught Elizabethan doctors about fire, water, earth, and air. Air was the most important humor because it corresponded with blood.

Elizabethans believed that the balance of the four humors would keep them healthy.

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Elizabethans do not understand infection and contagion as we do. It is not that they are completely ignorant as to how illnesses spread—physicians believe they know perfectly well—it is rather that their understanding is very different from ours. The principal ideas underpinning most Elizabethan medical thinking come from Galen, who lived in the second century A.D. Physicians will cite him as an unquestionable authority when they explain to you that your health depends on a balance of the four humors: yellow bile or choler, black bile, phlegm, and blood. If there is too much choler in your body, you will grow choleric; too much blood and you will be sanguine; too much phlegm and you will be phlegmatic; and too much black bile makes you melancholic. It is from these imbalances that sickness arises. How does the paragraph develop the central idea that Elizabethan beliefs influenced their understanding of disease? It provides details about Galen's medical training. It compares modern and Elizabethan techniques. It details the belief that bodily humors affect health. It describes popular Elizabethan treatments.

It details the belief that bodily humors affect health.

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Elizabethan people suffer from some afflictions that no longer exist in modern England. Plague is the obvious example but it is by no means the only one. Sweating sickness kills tens of thousands of people on its first appearance in 1485 and periodically thereafter. It is a terrifying disease because sufferers die within hours. It doesn't return after a particularly bad outbreak in 1556 but people do not know whether it has gone for good; they still fear it, and it continues to be part of the medical landscape for many years. How does the paragraph develop the central idea that Elizabethans suffered from diseases that are unfamiliar to modern readers? It lists diseases found only in modern England. It describes the plague in great detail. It gives a description of the English landscape. It provides the example of sweating sickness.

It provides the example of sweating sickness.

Which sentence is an example of an objective summary? Elizabethans had some interesting ideas about disease. Malaria was common in marshy areas where mosquitoes bred. Studying humors seems like a ridiculous medical practice. Obviously, English citizens should have left the swampy regions.

Malaria was common in marshy areas where mosquitoes bred.

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. But what if it comes to the worst? What if you have painful black buboes in your groin and armpits, and experience the rapid pulse, the headaches, the terrific thirst, and delirium that are the tokens of the plague? There is little you can do. Physicians will prescribe the traditional medicines of dragon water, mithridatium, and theriac if they hear you are suffering but you will suspect that these are cynical attempts to relieve a dying person of his money. The physicians themselves will not normally come near you. Simon Forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. What is the central idea of this paragraph? Physicians could not do much for victims of the plague. Physicians were afraid to come near patients with symptoms. Symptoms of the plague included headaches and delirium. Symptoms were treated with dragon water or theriac.

Physicians could not do much for victims of the plague.

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. The grim reality is that plague in the capital is as common as the stench of the cesspits and almost as unavoidable. You cannot predict where it will strike: People living next door to infected houses are left unaffected. Some people are not touched even when others in their own house have it. Which sentence best summarizes the excerpt? The plague was unavoidable, and unpredictable in regards to whom it would affect. The plague was associated with filthy cesspits. It was a dirty disease with a foul odor. People in diseased homes should certainly have left immediately to avoid infection. The capital was the center of all medical care, and Elizabethans came for treatment.

The plague was unavoidable, and unpredictable in regards to whom it would affect.

What should writers do when summarizing a text? Select three options. They should include minor details. They should state their personal beliefs and opinions. They should restate the text's central ideas. They should include important supporting details. They should use objective language.

They should restate the text's central ideas. They should include important supporting details. They should use objective language.

When providing an objective summary of a text, writers should directly quote the text. avoid central ideas. include their opinions. exclude personal opinions.

exclude personal opinions.

Readers must consider ________ to determine the central idea in an informational text. the author and setting historical facts and people the topic and supporting details symbolism and language

the topic and supporting details