Unit Test 1
Which line best helps develop the central idea that the plague was almost impossible for Elizabethans to survive? "Although there are no fewer than twenty-three medical treatises . . . none of them will help you." "But you have the advantage of knowing that a fleabite can convey the plague . . ." "Also, plague is most frequently transferred between people in towns, and it dies down in winter . . ." "Change your clothes and bedclothes regularly, and wash them thoroughly."
"Although there are no fewer than twenty-three medical treatises . . . none of them will help you."
Which statements are examples of characterization? Check all that apply. "I don't think your joke is funny," she huffed, glowering at her friend. The tardy bell rang, but he sauntered to class unconcerned. The house loomed ominously on the hill; no occupants were visible. She waited patiently as she carefully adjusted the telescope. The town's laws required that all teenagers be home by 11 p.m.
"I don't think your joke is funny," she huffed, glowering at her friend. The tardy bell rang, but he sauntered to class unconcerned. She waited patiently as she carefully adjusted the telescope.
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 . . ."
Which sentences contain imagery? Check all that apply. The theater showed new movies on the weekend. Sweat dripping from his brow, Jordan collapsed at the finish line. Elena rode her bike to work on the same route every day. The pungent smell filtered out of the bustling kitchen. The high-pitched train whistle caused the passengers to cover their ears.
Sweat dripping from his brow, Jordan collapsed at the finish line. The pungent smell filtered out of the bustling kitchen. The high-pitched train whistle caused the passengers to cover their ears.
Central idea: Utopians distribute wealth to care for all people. Which statement provides a critique of the central idea? Taking from the wealthy to feed the poor discourages hard work. A meeting is held every year to determine which towns need help. Representatives from each town meet to assess resources. Utopia was written in a time of social inequality and poverty.
Taking from the wealthy to feed the poor discourages hard work.
Which line from Utopia is an example of an analogy? They supply or are supplied from one another, so that indeed the whole island is, as it were, one family. They eat and drink out of vessels of earth or glass, which make an agreeable appearance, though formed of brittle materials . . . They polish them, and with them they adorn their children, who are delighted with them . . . They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed . . .
They supply or are supplied from one another, so that indeed the whole island is, as it were, one family.
Which statements accurately describe medieval pardoners? Check all that apply. They translated the Bible into English. They were authorized to preach. They distributed indulgences. They were considered the Pope's equals. They accepted donations for the church.
They were authorized to preach. They distributed indulgences. They accepted donations for the church.
Which of these excerpts from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England is related from the second-person point of view? Hills might feature in an Elizabethan writer's description of a county because of their potential for sheep grazing . . . Those things that Elizabethans take for granted are precisely what you will find most striking . . . Before this, they do not need such a word, for they do not see a "landscape" as such . . . Shakespeare does not use the word "landscape" at all; he uses the word "country" . . .
Those things that Elizabethans take for granted are precisely what you will find most striking . . .
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Perhaps the most difficult thing to come to terms with is the scale of death. Influenza, for example, is an affliction which you no doubt have come across. However, you have never encountered anything like Elizabethan flu. It arrives in December 1557 and lasts for eighteen months. In the ten-month period August 1558 to May 1559 the annual death rate almost trebles to 7.2 percent (normally it is 2.5 percent). More than 150,000 people die from it—5 percent of the population. This is proportionally much worse than the great influenza pandemic of 1918-19 (0.53 percent mortality). Another familiar disease is malaria, which Elizabethans refer to as ague or fever. Which sentence best helps readers determine the central idea of the paragraph? "Perhaps the most difficult thing to come to terms with is the scale of death." "However, you have never encountered anything like Elizabethan flu."' "Influenza, for example, is an affliction which you no doubt have come across." "Another familiar disease is malaria, which Elizabethans refer to as ague or fever."
"Perhaps the most difficult thing to come to terms with is the scale of death."
Which excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson contains imagery? "the last of all his knights" "a dark strait of barren land" "Shall never more, at any future time" "Of Camelot, as in the days that were"
"a dark strait of barren land"
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. For the vast majority of yeomen in the country, it is vitally important to store hard fruit through the whole year. To do this, select faultless apples and pears without a bruise or other mark, and leave a length of stalk on them. Place them carefully in your fruit house or "hoard house" on clean dry straw, make sure they are not touching each other, and turn them very carefully every month to avoid their collecting moisture. And, most important, keep the door to the fruit house shut, "lest children make havoc there." Which detail from the text best supports the inference that one bad apple can spoil all the others? . . . it is vitally important to store hard fruit through the whole year. Place them carefully in your fruit house or "hoard house" on clean dry straw . . . . . . make sure they are not touching each other . . . . . . turn them very carefully every month to avoid their collecting moisture.
. . . make sure they are not touching each other . . .
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. A wide flat field is "finer" than rugged terrain for it can be tilled easily to produce wheat and so represents good white bread. A small thatched cottage, which a modern viewer might consider pretty, will be considered unattractive by an Elizabethan traveler, for cottagers are generally poor and able to offer little in the way of hospitality. Ranges of hills and mountains are obstacles to Elizabethan travelers and very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see. Which ideas are stated explicitly in the excerpt? Check all that apply. A flat field could easily be used for farming. Today, many people like thatched cottages. Elizabethans preferred large houses. The English were very hospitable people. Hills and mountains made travel difficult. Elizabethans did not like to travel.
A flat field could easily be used for farming. Hills and mountains made travel difficult.
Read the excerpt from Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. And as soon as Sir Bedivere had lost the sight of the barge, he wept and wailed, and so took the forest; and so he went all that night . . . Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Long stood Sir Bedivere Revolving many memories, till the hull Look'd one black dot against the verge of dawn. Which sentence accurately compares how the authors describe the scene in the excerpts? Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's sorrow. Both authors describe Sir Bedivere in tears. Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's resolve. Both authors describe the approaching dawn.
Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's sorrow.
How does the rhetorical appeal used in these excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury and Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry compare? Both use an appeal to logos by providing a reason to support her purpose. Both use an appeal to ethos by providing a reason why she should be trusted. Both use an appeal to logos by encouraging her audience to show strength. Both use an appeal to ethos by listing credentials to support her credibility.
Both use an appeal to logos by providing a reason to support her purpose.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. "Think what a safeguard it must be for you That I, who can absolve both high and low When soul from body is about to go, Should chance to fall in with your company! Let me suggest that our host here begin, Since he's the one who's most wrapped up in sin. Step forward, Mister Host—your offering first, And you can kiss the relics, every one! All for a penny! Out now with your purse!" Which statement best describes the satire in the excerpt? Chaucer criticizes the idea of preserving holy relics from the saints. Chaucer criticizes the idea that forgiveness is available for purchase. Chaucer highlights the need for confession before death. Chaucer highlights the sinful indulgences of the church leaders.
Chaucer criticizes the idea that forgiveness is available for purchase.
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Food is valuable in Elizabethan England, far more so than in the modern world. A flock of 180 sheep is worth more than the average detached house. The difficulties of transportation mean that the food supply depends heavily on what grows locally and how much surplus is available. It also depends on the season. Which statement is a logical inference based on details in the passage? During the Elizabethan period, food was often scarce. During the Elizabethan period, houses were very cheap. During the Elizabethan period, sheep were in short supply. During the Elizabethan period, food was mainly shipped in.
During the Elizabethan period, food was often scarce.
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. There is no concept of "health and safety" in Elizabethan England, so you will inevitably feel vulnerable when you arrive. Nauseating smells and sights will assail your senses; contemporary standards of cleanliness will worry you. People die every day from unknown ailments, the young as often as the old. Infectious diseases periodically kill thousands within a few weeks. Even when plague is not in town, it lurks as an anxiety in the back of people's minds and, when it does strike, their worry turns to terror. On top of the illnesses, the chances of being attacked and hurt are much higher than in the modern world, and workplace injuries are far more common. What is the central idea of this paragraph? Infectious diseases, like the plague, killed many people. Infectious diseases were a great source of concern. Elizabethans faced health challenges similar to ours today. Elizabethans faced a variety of challenges in staying healthy.
Elizabethans faced a variety of challenges in staying healthy.
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Describing a landscape is thus a matter of perspective: your priorities affect what you see. Asked to describe their county, most Devonians will mention the great city of Exeter, the ports of Dartmouth, Plymouth, and Barnstaple, and the dozens of market towns. They will generally neglect to mention that the region is dominated by a great moor, Dartmoor, two thousand feet high in places and over two hundred square miles in expanse. There are no roads across this wasteland, only track ways. Elizabethans see it as good for nothing but pasture, tin mining, and the steady water supply it provides by way of the rivers that rise there. Which detail gives explicit information about Elizabethans' perception of the moor? Describing a landscape is thus a matter of perspective: your priorities affect what you see. Asked to describe their county, most Devonians will mention the great city of Exeter . . . There are no roads across this wasteland, only track ways. Elizabethans see it as good for nothing but pasture, tin mining, and the steady water supply it provides . . .
Elizabethans see it as good for nothing but pasture, tin mining, and the steady water supply it provides . . .
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. But when he saw the wonder of the hilt, How curiously and strangely chased, he smote His palms together, and he cried aloud, "And if indeed I cast the brand away, Surely a precious thing, one worthy note, Should thus be lost for ever from the earth" What does the imagery in the excerpt most clearly emphasize to readers? Sir Bedivere's loyalty to King Arthur Sir Bedivere's reluctance to get rid of the sword Sir Bedivere's pain from his injury Sir Bedivere's excitement at holding the sword
Sir Bedivere's reluctance to get rid of the sword
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. There is some respite at the end of the reign: the law against eating meat on Wednesdays is repealed in 1585. At the same time, there is a general slackening of fish-eating and an increase in the consumption of meat. By the 1590s most wealthy households have dropped the strict Lenten fast and replaced it with a reduced-meat diet. In 1593 the government bows to the inevitable and reduces the punitive £3 fine to £1. Now many households begin to eat meat in Lent and on Fridays and Saturdays, if the head of the household wishes to do so, even though it is still technically against the law. The details from this excerpt support the inference that meat was consumed only by wealthy Elizabethans. many Elizabethans resisted the idea of eating more meat. fish was still a more common staple than meat in Elizabethan diets. Elizabethans' attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.
Elizabethans' attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. "Gentlemen" said he, "I take pains to preach In churches with a lofty, resonant voice, Regular as a bell I ring it out, For everything I say I have by heart: My text's the same one as it always was . . ." Which statement best describes how the Pardoner is characterized in this passage? He is an intellectual who is inspired by academics. He is a confident, suave performer. He is a heartless, vindictive leader. He is a caring counselor who is devoted to service.
He is a confident, suave performer.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. "God's arms!" exclaimed one of these debauchees, "Is the fellow then so dangerous to meet? In highways and in byways, street by street, I'll seek him out, I vow it on God's bones. Now listen, fellows: let us three be one, Each of us hold his hand up to the other, And each of us become the other's brother, And we will kill this black betrayer, Death, And kill the killer, by God's holy breath, And that before the sun goes down on us!" Which statement best describes how the speaker in the excerpt is characterized? He is impassioned and persuasive. He is pessimistic and mournful. He is friendly and humorous. He is clear-headed and sensible.
He is impassioned and persuasive.
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry. For I assure you (what credit my assurance may have with you, I cannot tell, but what credit it shall deserve to have, the sequel shall declare) I will never in that matter conclude any thing that shall be prejudicial to the realm. For the weal, good and safety whereof, I will never shun to spend my life. Which excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury shares the common purpose of persuading her audience that she is willing to do what is best for England? We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too. By your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of God, of my kingdoms, and of my people.
I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all.
Which excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury rely on a rhetorical appeal to ethos to persuade soldiers that she is a capable commander? Check all that apply. I do not desire to live to distrust. I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman. I have the heart and stomach of a king. I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder. I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time.
I have the heart and stomach of a king. I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder
Which line from Utopia is an example of an anecdote? The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance . . . It is certain that all things appear incredible to us in proportion as they differ from known customs; but one who can judge aright will not wonder to find that, since their constitution differs so much from ours, their value of gold and silver should be measured by a very different standard . . . I never saw a clearer instance of the opposite impressions that different customs make on people than I observed in the ambassadors of the Anemolians, who came to Amaurot when I was there. But they much more admire and detest the folly of those who, when they see a rich man, though they neither owe him anything, nor are in any sort dependent on his bounty . . .
I never saw a clearer instance of the opposite impressions that different customs make on people than I observed in the ambassadors of the Anemolians, who came to Amaurot when I was there.
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.
Central idea: Utopians strive to make gold and silver less valuable. Which statement provides a critique of the central idea? The Utopians use gold to make chains and earrings for enslaved people. To show their disinterest in gold, Utopians drink from earthen cups. It is a waste to use gold for everyday purposes, because it is hard to find. Thomas More wrote during a time when gold was highly valued.
It is a waste to use gold for everyday purposes, because it is hard to find.
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.
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. But be careful if you adopt a partial regime: heavy fines are levied for eating meat on nonmeat days. The standard fine is £3 or three months imprisonment, but in 1561 a London butcher slaughtering three oxen in Lent is fined £20. Fines can be levied on the head of a household for every single member who breaks the fast, so if you have lots of servants, make sure they all obey the law. What is the effect of the second-person point of view in this excerpt? It allows the reader to personally experience the effects of hunger during Elizabethan England. It puts the reader in the place of the Elizabethan who has to pay fines for eating meat. It explains to the reader which types of food were acceptable during Lent. It describes the difficulties of being the head of an Elizabethan household.
It puts the reader in the place of the Elizabethan who has to pay fines for eating meat.
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. I am so deeply smitten thro' the helm That without help I cannot last till morn. Thou therefore take my brand Excalibur, Which was my pride: The metaphor emphasizes to the reader how Sir Bedivere feels about the sword. Sir Bedivere feels about King Arthur. King Arthur feels about Sir Bedivere. King Arthur feels about the sword.
King Arthur feels about the sword.
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Thou wouldst betray me for the precious hilt; Either from lust of gold, or like a girl Valuing the giddy pleasure of the eyes. What does the simile help convey to the reader? the greed most people have for swords King Arthur's disappointment in Sir Bedivere the excitement and happiness of the girl Sir Bedivere's disappointment in King Arthur
King Arthur's disappointment in Sir Bedivere
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Pig farmers keep their flitches of bacon back in storage until they can get a better price for them later in the winter. Such tactics are made even more profitable by the unhappy fact that harvests can fail, causing local—and sometimes national—food shortages. Large towns are less vulnerable, being part of an international market that sees preserved foods traded long-distance; but much of the countryside is dependent on fresh food. After a poor harvest, prices for all commodities—not just grain—rise dramatically and the poor are unable to make ends meet. Which detail from the excerpt best supports the inference that food was more consistently available in larger towns? Pig farmers keep their flitches of bacon back in storage until they can get a better price for them later in the winter. Such tactics are made even more profitable by the unhappy fact that harvests can fail, causing local—and sometimes national—food shortages. Large towns are less vulnerable, being part of an international market that sees preserved foods traded long-distance; but much of the countryside is dependent on fresh food. After a poor harvest, prices for all commodities—not just grain—rise dramatically and the poor are unable to make ends meet.
Large towns are less vulnerable, being part of an international market that sees preserved foods traded long-distance; but much of the countryside is dependent on fresh food.
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 Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. And when they were at the water side, even fast by the bank hoved a little barge with many fair ladies in it, and among them all was a queen, and all they had black hoods, and all they wept and shrieked when they saw King Arthur. Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Beneath them; and descending they were ware That all the decks were dense with stately forms Black-stoled, black-hooded, like a dream—by these Three Queens with crowns of gold—and from them rose A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars, Which statement accurately contrasts the original text and its adaptation? Malory conveys the women's sorrow, while Tennyson does not mention it at all. Malory describes the women in a surreal way, while Tennyson describes the women in a plain way. Malory uses a variety of figurative language in the scene, while Tennyson does not use any figurative language at all. Malory describes the scene in a plain way, while Tennyson's word choice makes the scene more dreamlike.
Malory describes the scene in a plain way, while Tennyson's word choice makes the scene more dreamlike.
Which sentence is an example of an objective summary? Mortimer is a witty writer who adds humor to history. It must have been horrible to live in Elizabethan times. Quality health care today is wonderful, but overpriced. Modern medicine has changed dramatically since the 1500s.
Modern medicine has changed dramatically since the 1500s.
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Food is valuable in Elizabethan England, far more so than in the modern world. A flock of 180 sheep is worth more than the average detached house. The difficulties of transportation mean that the food supply depends heavily on what grows locally and how much surplus is available. It also depends on the season. Harvest is obviously a time of much grain and fruit. Which ideas are implicitly stated in the excerpt? Check all that apply. Food was more valuable in Elizabethan times than it is today. Detached houses are cheaper than large flocks of sheep. Difficulty in food transportation limited food availability. Not many Elizabethans ate exotic fruit. Food was more scarce during the winter months. More people had food during harvest season.
Not many Elizabethans ate exotic fruit. Food was more scarce during the winter months. More people had food during harvest season.
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. So much grain is produced in 1592 that Francis Bacon proudly declares that England can now afford to feed other nations as well as her own people. It is an unfortunate remark, for it is very soon followed by a great dearth. The harvest of 1594 is poor, that of 1595 is worse, and the following year worse still: wheat hits 170 percent of its normal price, oats reach a level of 191 percent, and rye has to be imported from Denmark. Other bad years—when the price of grain is 20 percent or more above the rolling average—are 1573, 1586, and 1600. The year 1590 is almost as bad, made worse by the high cost of livestock. Prices for animal products hit new heights and never really diminish. Which detail from the text best supports the inference that many Elizabethans could not afford to buy grain during some years? . . . Francis Bacon proudly declares that England can now afford to feed other nations as well as her own people. Other bad years—when the price of grain is 20 percent or more above the rolling average—are 1573, 1586, and 1600. The year 1590 is almost as bad, made worse by the high cost of livestock. Prices for animal products hit new heights and never really diminish.
Other bad years—when the price of grain is 20 percent or more above the rolling average—are 1573, 1586, and 1600.
What is a relic? a document that confirms forgiveness an official who reports to the pope an act of describing one's sins a holy object associated with a saint
a holy object associated with a saint
A text's central ideas are always defined as important historical facts. supported by key details. related to the author's personal opinions. explained in the text's title.
supported by key details.
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. Elizabethan people also consider their health when choosing what to eat. "I eat rye bread not for niggardliness but for a point of physic," declares William Horman. This is unsurprising: we do much the same in the modern world. But our ideas about healthy food are very different from Elizabethan ones. For example, while we make use of sage in our cooking on account of its taste, Elizabethans use it because it is thought to sharpen the brain. What is the effect of the first-person point of view in this excerpt? Readers get direct advice about which foods to incorporate in their own diets. Readers are personally drawn into the culture of Elizabethan England. Readers receive a good representation of what was considered healthy food in Elizabethan England. Readers see the differences between themselves and people of another time period.
Readers see the differences between themselves and people of another time period.
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry. The realm shall not remain destitute of any heir that may be a fit governour, and peradventure more beneficial to the realm, than such offspring as may come of me: For though I be never so careful of your well-doing, and mind ever so to be, yet may my issue grow out of kind, and become perhaps ungracious. Which statement best describes Queen Elizabeth's use of rhetorical appeals in this excerpt? She relies on logos by listing for Parliament some of her personal reasons for wanting to remain unmarried and childless. She relies on pathos by attempting to make the members of Parliament feel sorry for her and the fact that she is unmarried and childless. She relies on logos by providing reasons why Parliament should not worry about the fact that she is unmarried and childless. She relies on pathos by making the members of Parliament feel foolish for worrying about the fact that she is unmarried and childless.
She relies on logos by providing reasons why Parliament should not worry about the fact that she is unmarried and childless.
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury. Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself, that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects, and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour, and my blood, even in the dust. Which statement best describes Queen Elizabeth's use of rhetorical appeals in this excerpt? She relies on ethos by explaining that she has previous experience fighting in battles. She relies on pathos by providing examples of other successes she has had as a ruler. She relies on ethos by establishing that she is there for more than just recreation. She relies on pathos by using emotionally charged words to motivate the troops.
She relies on pathos by using emotionally charged words to motivate the troops.
Read the excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's speeches. Excerpts from Queen Elizabeth I speeches. The first is from her Address to the Troops at Tilbury. The second is from her Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry. In the excerpts from Address to the Troops at Tilbury and Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry, which best describes the types of rhetorical appeals used by Queen Elizabeth to convince her audience that she was trustworthy? She used an appeal to logos when addressing both the troops and members of Parliament. She used an appeal to logos when addressing the troops and an appeal to pathos when addressing Parliament. She used an appeal to pathos when addressing both the troops and members of Parliament. She used an appeal to pathos when addressing the troops and an appeal to logos when addressing Parliament.
She used an appeal to pathos when addressing both the troops and members of Parliament.
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Then went Sir Bedivere the second time Across the ridge, and paced beside the mere, Counting the dewy pebbles, fix'd in thought; What does the imagery in this excerpt best help readers envision? Sir Bedivere being contemplative the rushing river Sir Bedivere's attire the surrounding hillside
Sir Bedivere being contemplative
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. If you are hungry, you might feel inclined to turn to poaching. But be careful: this is risky. Taking livestock is theft, and theft is a felony which carries the death sentence. Killing wild animals that live on another man's land is also against the law; even taking a single fish from a river can result in a fine of a shilling or more. It is unlikely that you will be hanged for taking a wild animal such as a rabbit; but, even so, you will get a fine amounting to three times the value of the animal as well as three months in prison, and you will have to enter into a bond to guarantee your good behavior in the future; a second offense will be treated more harshly. If a gamekeeper attacks you and you defend yourself, you can be charged with assault. You may find yourself on the gallows if you injure him. Which detail from the text best supports the inference that farm animals were very valuable in Elizabethan England? Taking livestock is theft, and theft is a felony which carries the death sentence. Killing wild animals that live on another man's land is also against the law . . . It is unlikely that you will be hanged for taking a wild animal such as a rabbit . . . If a gamekeeper attacks you and you defend yourself, you can be charged with assault.
Taking livestock is theft, and theft is a felony which carries the death sentence.
Read the excerpt from Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. That is untruly said of thee, said the king, therefore go thou lightly again, and do my commandment; as thou art to me lief and dear, spare not, but throw it in. Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. To whom replied King Arthur, faint and pale: "Thou hast betray'd thy nature and thy name, Not rendering true answer, as beseem'd Thy fëalty, nor like a noble knight: For surer sign had follow'd, either hand, Or voice, or else a motion of the mere. This is a shameful thing for men to lie. Yet now, I charge thee, quickly go again As thou art lief and dear, and do the thing I bade thee, watch, and lightly bring me word." How does Tennyson effectively rewrite King Arthur's dialogue? Tennyson's version describes King Arthur ordering Sir Bedivere to do something again. Tennyson's version stresses the betrayal King Arthur feels by drawing the dialogue out longer. Tennyson's version shows that King Arthur is pleased with Sir Bedivere's previous actions. Tennyson's version stresses the physical pain King Arthur is in by adding additional imagery.
Tennyson's version stresses the betrayal King Arthur feels by drawing the dialogue out longer.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. For I'll have money, wool, and cheese, and wheat, Though given by the poorest serving-lad, Or by the poorest widow in the place, Were all her children dying of famine, No, no! I'll drink the ichor of the vine, And have a pretty girl in every town. But hear me out now, gentlemen . . . Which statement best describes the satire in the excerpt? The Pardoner's poverty suggests that the Church is too stingy. The Pardoner's excessive drinking underscores the need for moderation. The Pardoner's indulgent spending draws attention to the need for restraint. The Pardoner's disregard for the poor reveals the Church's hypocrisy.
The Pardoner's disregard for the poor reveals the Church's hypocrisy.
Read the excerpt from Utopia. I never saw a clearer instance of the opposite impressions that different customs make on people than I observed in the ambassadors of the Anemolians, who came to Amaurot when I was there. As they came to treat of affairs of great consequence, the deputies from several towns met together to wait for their coming. The ambassadors of the nations that lie near Utopia, knowing their customs, and that fine clothes are in no esteem among them, that silk is despised, and gold is a badge of infamy, used to come very modestly clothed; but the Anemolians, lying more remote, and having had little commerce with them, understanding that they were coarsely clothed, and all in the same manner, took it for granted that they had none of those fine things among them of which they made no use; and they, being a vainglorious rather than a wise people, resolved to set themselves out with so much pomp that they should look like gods, and strike the eyes of the poor Utopians with their splendour. Which is the central idea of this excerpt? The Anemolians are very careful about wearing fine clothes. The Anemolians do not like wearing gold and silk. The Utopians are not concerned about dressing fashionably. The Utopians are jealous of the Anemolians' clothing.
The Utopians are not concerned about dressing fashionably.
Thomas More wrote Utopia during a period of political stability and religious unity. mutual tolerance and social diversity. improvement in health and medical treatments. increased prosperity and a growing middle class.
increased prosperity and a growing middle class.
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. The purpose of fasting on Wednesdays is specifically to encourage the eating of fish, to support the fishing industry. People therefore respond differently. Some households uphold the old religious fasts during Advent and Lent, as if they are still observing the religious law; others ignore Advent but observe the Lenten fast. Still others ignore Wednesdays and just fast on Fridays and Saturdays. Why does the author use third-person point of view in this excerpt? The author wants to present factual information effectively. The author wants to draw the reader deeper into the experience. The author wants to directly address the audience. The author wants to persuade the reader of his idea.
The author wants to present factual information effectively.
A student is asked to write a critique of this excerpt from Utopia. If these metals were laid up in any tower in the kingdom it would raise a jealousy of the Prince and Senate, and give birth to that foolish mistrust into which the people are apt to fall—a jealousy of their intending to sacrifice the interest of the public to their own private advantage. If they should work it into vessels, or any sort of plate, they fear that the people might grow too fond of it, and so be unwilling to let the plate be run down, if a war made it necessary, to employ it in paying their soldiers. To prevent all these inconveniences they have fallen upon an expedient which, as it agrees with their other policy, so is it very different from ours, and will scarce gain belief among us who value gold so much, and lay it up so carefully. They eat and drink out of vessels of earth or glass, which make an agreeable appearance, though formed of brittle materials; while they make their chamber-pots and close-stools of gold and silver, and that not only in their public halls but in their private houses. Of the same metals they likewise make chains and fetters for their slaves, to some of which, as a badge of infamy, they hang an earring of gold, and make others wear a chain or a coronet of the same metal; and thus they take care by all possible means to render gold and silver of no esteem . . . Which is a critique of the excerpt? Gold earrings are given to enslaved people and seen as cause for shame. The effects of slavery are much worse than the effects of materialism. To show their disdain for gold and silver, Utopians use them for chamber pots. Utopians make a great effort to treat precious metals for everyday purposes.
The effects of slavery are much worse than the effects of materialism.
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. So saying, from the ruin'd shrine he stept And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. What does the figurative language help convey to the reader? The personification clarifies the importance of the men. The metaphor emphasizes the emotions of Sir Bedivere. The personification makes the setting more vivid to the reader. The metaphor clarifies King Arthur's intentions.
The personification makes the setting more vivid to the reader.
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Serious though influenza and malaria are, they are not the biggest killers of the age. That title belongs to the plague or "pestilence." No one knows precisely how many die over the course of the reign but the total is probably around 250,000. In 1565 the people of Bristol count up the plague victims for that year and arrive at the figure of 2,070, almost 20 percent of the population. Ten years later, after another deadly outbreak, they record a further 2,000 fatalities. What is the central idea of this paragraph? Another name for the plague in the 1500s was "the pestilence." In 1565 almost 20 percent of the population died of the plague. The plague was the most deadly disease of the Elizabethan era. Malaria and influenza killed almost as many people as the plague.
The plague was the most deadly disease of the Elizabethan era.
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.
Which excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry rely on a rhetorical appeal to logos to persuade her audience that even if she produced an heir it would not guarantee England's prosperity or safety? Check all that apply. I give you all my hearty thanks for the good zeal and loving care you seem to have. You may well assure yourselves, my meaning is not to determine any thing. I always continued in this determination, although my youth and words may seem to some hardly to agree together, yet is it most true. The realm shall not remain destitute of any heir that may be a fit governour, and peradventure more beneficial to the realm. For though I be never so careful of your well-doing, and mind ever so to be, yet may my issue grow out of kind, and become perhaps ungracious.
The realm shall not remain destitute of any heir that may be a fit governour, and peradventure more beneficial to the realm. For though I be never so careful of your well-doing, and mind ever so to be, yet may my issue grow out of kind, and become perhaps ungracious.
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. But, as he walk'd, King Arthur panted hard, Like one that feels a nightmare on his bed What does the figurative language help the reader understand? The metaphor helps the reader understand what the nightmare was about. The simile helps the reader understand King Arthur's pain. The metaphor helps the reader understand how little sleep King Arthur got. The simile helps the reader understand King Arthur's dream.
The simile helps the reader understand King Arthur's pain.
Read the excerpt from Utopia. In their great council at Amaurot, to which there are three sent from every town once a year, they examine what towns abound in provisions and what are under any scarcity, that so the one may be furnished from the other; and this is done freely, without any sort of exchange; for, according to their plenty or scarcity, they supply or are supplied from one another, so that indeed the whole island is, as it were, one family. The central idea of this excerpt is that Utopians make a regular effort to care for those in need. Which detail best supports this central idea? A council is held every year in Amaurot. Three people from each town are sent to the council. The council examines the surrounding towns. Towns with an abundance provide for those with less.
Towns with an abundance provide for those with less.
Read the excerpt from Utopia. The Utopians wonder how any man should be so much taken with the glaring doubtful lustre of a jewel or a stone, that can look up to a star or to the sun himself; or how any should value himself because his cloth is made of a finer thread; for, how fine soever that thread may be, it was once no better than the fleece of a sheep, and that sheep, was a sheep still, for all its wearing it. They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed that even man, for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than this metal . . . What is the central idea of this excerpt? The sun and stars are lovelier than jewels and shine just as bright. Even fine cloth is made from the thread of simple sheep's wool. Gold is a big pile of metal and should not give anyone more power. Utopians are surprised by the great value placed on jewels, cloth, and gold.
Utopians are surprised by the great value placed on jewels, cloth, and gold.
In the Middle Ages, an indulgence was an object with historical or Biblical significance. a document that offered forgiveness for sin. a person who committed a sin or wrongdoing. a gift or monetary donation to the church.
a document that offered forgiveness for sin.
Read the excerpt from Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. Then Sir Bedivere departed, and went to the sword, and lightly took it up, and went to the water side; and there he bound the girdle about the hilts, and then he threw the sword as far into the water as he might . . . Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Then quickly rose Sir Bediver And, leaping down the ridges lightly, plunged Among the bulrush-beds, and clutch'd the sword, And strongly wheel'd and threw it. Tennyson's version portrays Sir Bedivere with more excitement than Sir Thomas Malory's version does. happiness than Sir Thomas Malory's version does. action than Sir Thomas Malory's version does. sorrow than Sir Thomas Malory's version does
action than Sir Thomas Malory's version does.
What is a retelling of a story in a different form or genre called? plot personification adaptation structure
adaptation
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. So saying, from the pavement he hath rose, Slowly, with pain, reclining on his arm, And looking wistfully with wide blue eyes As in a picture. What does the imagery in this excerpt best help readers imagine? Sir Bedivere by the water a picture of a man the sword on the ground an injured King Arthur
an injured King Arthur
Read the excerpt from Utopia. But after the ambassadors had stayed a day among them, and saw so vast a quantity of gold in their houses (which was as much despised by them as it was esteemed in other nations), and beheld more gold and silver in the chains and fetters of one slave than all their ornaments amounted to, their plumes fell, and they were ashamed of all that glory for which they had formed valued themselves, and accordingly laid it aside . . . This detail supports the central idea that riches are not important to Utopians. It is best described as a(n) fact. analogy. anecdote. example.
anecdote
2 5 6 7 8 9 10 Read the excerpt from The Pardoner's Tale in The Canterbury Tales. And it fell to the youngest of them all, And he set off at once towards the town. And thereupon, so soon as he was gone, One of the two who stayed said to the other: "You know, of course, that you are my sworn brother. I'll tell you something that you won't lose by. As you can see, our friend has gone away, And here is gold, and that in greatest plenty, All waiting to be split between us three. How would it be, if I can work it so That it is only shared between us two, Wouldn't I be doing you a friendly turn?" How does Chaucer characterize the young man speaking in this passage? as uncomfortable as loyal as deceitful as innocent
as deceitful
Queen Elizabeth most likely used different rhetorical appeals in her Address to the Troops at Tilbury and her Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry due to differences in wealth and upbringing. age and education. audience and purpose. location and gender.
audience and purpose.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. I only preach of avarice and the like, And in this way induce them to be free In giving cash—especially to me. Because my only interest is in gain; I've none whatever in rebuking sin. How does the excerpt satirize the Church? by exaggerating the greedy nature of the clergy by describing the violent behavior of the clergy by explaining the excessive salaries of the clergy by ridiculing the lack of knowledge among the clergy
by exaggerating the greedy nature of the clergy
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. I can sting with my tongue; and when I preach I sting so hard, the fellow can't escape Slander and defamation, if so be He's wronged my fellow-pardoners, or me, Even if I don't give his actual name, Yet everybody knows that he's the one From hints, and other circumstantialities— That's how I deal with people who annoy us; That's how I spit out venom, under guise Of piety, and seem sincerely pious. How does the excerpt satirize the clergy? by revealing the clergy's lack of theological knowledge by revealing the clergy's disregard for the poor by revealing the clergy's vindictive abuse of power by revealing the clergy's lack of loyalty to one another
by revealing the clergy's vindictive abuse of power
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. I preach just as you've heard me say; and tell A hundred taradiddles more as well. And then I do my best to stretch my neck And bob my head in every direction Over the folk, now this way, and now that, Just like a pigeon sitting on a barn. Both hands and tongue are busy, and so quick That it's a joy to watch me at my work. How does the excerpt satirize pardoners? by stating that they are lazy when they talk to parishioners by illustrating their sinful behavior outside the pulpit by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances by implying that they are unwilling to learn from their mistakes
by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances
When comparing and contrasting an original source to its adaptation, one should focus on which elements? Check all that apply. character structure genre plot language
character structure plot language
In the Middle Ages, Christians were expected to visit a priest yearly to offer . services indulgences confessions translations
confessions
To critique a text, readers . find details to support the authors central idea look to discover the text's most important idea examine and explain their position on a central idea write an analogy that explains the texts main idea
examine and explain their position on a central idea
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.
Read the excerpt from Utopia. They find pearls on their coasts, and diamonds and carbuncles on their rocks; they do not look after them, but, if they find them by chance, they polish them, and with them they adorn their children, who are delighted with them . . . This excerpt is most likely More's reaction to his society's government. exploration. religion. greed.
greed
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. In this excerpt, Queen Elizabeth is attempting to persuade troops that she dislikes most European countries. has the qualities of a capable leader. is physically able to fight as a soldier. will make a fair and virtuous judge.
has the qualities of a capable leader.
When analyzing the development of a text's central ideas, readers should consider .
how central ideas connect
Satire is an author's use of narration to explain plot events. dialogue to engage the reader. details to present a time period. humor to criticize human folly.
humor to criticize human folly.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. Thus I know how to preach against the vice Which masters me—and that is avarice. Though I myself am guilty of the sin, I know how to make other people turn From avarice, and bitterly repent. Which word best characterizes the Pardoner in this passage? timid approachable honest hypocritical
hypocritical
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. In this excerpt, Queen Elizabeth relies heavily on a rhetorical appeal to ethos to establish that she has the qualities of a strong . leader woman judge speaker
leader
Which type of figurative language directly equates two things? simile adaptation personification metaphor
metaphor
A summary is a statement of a text's central ideas in one's .
own words
In Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury, phrases such as "my faithful and loving people," "the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects," and "you have deserved rewards and crowns" are examples of a rhetorical appeal to pathos because she is encouraging the troops by explaining exactly why she has faith in them. pathos because she is encouraging the troops by attempting to elicit their feelings of loyalty. logos because she is encouraging the troops by reminding them of rewards they will receive. logos because she is encouraging the troops by listing the reasons England is relying on them.
pathos because she is encouraging the troops by attempting to elicit their feelings of loyalty.
Read the excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's speeches. Excerpts from Queen Elizabeth I speeches. The first is from her Address to the Troops at Tilbury. The second is from her Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry. In excerpts from both Address to the Troops at Tilbury and Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry, Queen Elizabeth uses a rhetorical appeal to pathos by encouraging her audience to feel emotions including pride. logos by reminding her audience that they will be rewarded for their work. pathos by making her audience feel ashamed for doubting her capabilities. logos by providing her audience with a list of the reasons why she is grateful.
pathos by encouraging her audience to feel emotions including pride.
Queen Elizabeth's overall purpose in her Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry is to members of the Parliament. inform criticize entertain persuade
persuade
The primary purpose of both Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury and Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry is to entertain. persuade. inform. criticize.
persuade
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry. For I assure you (what credit my assurance may have with you, I cannot tell, but what credit it shall deserve to have, the sequel shall declare) I will never in that matter conclude any thing that shall be prejudicial to the realm. For the weal, good and safety whereof, I will never shun to spend my life; and whomsoever it shall be my chance to light upon, I trust he shall be such, as shall be as careful for the realm as you; I will not say as myself, because I cannot so certainly determine of any other, but by my desire he shall be such as shall be as careful for the preservation of the realm and you, as myself. In this excerpt, Queen Elizabeth says "for the weal, good and safety whereof, I will never shun to spend my life" in order to convince her audience that she is unbiased, intelligent, and rarely makes mistakes. inform her audience that she will work hard to win back the broken trust of her followers. persuade her audience that she will never make personal decisions that will harm England. remind her audience that she is the ruler and in charge of enacting laws that protect England.
persuade her audience that she will never make personal decisions that will harm England.
Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two things? metaphor adaptation simile personification
simile
When writing a critique, a reader first finds the central idea and supporting details, then gives evidence to support a position. states a position on the central idea. connects the text to historical facts. concludes with a strong statement.
states a position on the central idea.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. "To start with, I declare where I've come from, And then produce my certificates, one by one; My licence with the seal of our lord bishop Which I show first—that's to protect myself So that nobody, whether priest or cleric, Dares interdict me from Christ's holy work." What feature of medieval life is reflected in the excerpt? the custom of going to confession regularly the acceptance of the church's authority the practice of traveling to distant locations the importance of knowing one's neighbors
the acceptance of the church's authority
Which should be included in a critique? Check all that apply. the central idea the historical context supporting details the reader's position supporting evidence
the central idea supporting details the reader's position supporting evidence
Thomas More's fictional text about a society governed by reason and order is most likely a response to the conflict between . the king and church leaders male and female leaders rulers of other nations royalty of the working class
the king and church leaders
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. But you still have producers holding back corn supplies, even though hoarding is forbidden by law. In Stratford in 1597 seventy-five townsmen are found guilty of hoarding corn, including William Shakespeare, who is hanging on to ten quarters of malt. Worse than this, "engrossers" buy up all the local supply of an important commodity, such as eggs or butter, in order to drive up the price. In the 1590s certain unscrupulous businessmen buy up to twenty thousand pounds of butter—and this is disastrous because it is an important part of people's diet. Combined with hoarding, this has dramatic consequences for the poor. In some places the famine of 1594-97 proves as deadly as the plague of 1563. The details from this excerpt support the inference that even the rich suffered during times of famine. the laws prevented the rich from hoarding food. the rich often still prospered while the poor starved. many of the rich prevented the poor from starving to death.
the rich often still prospered while the poor starved.
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Black-stoled, black-hooded, like a dream—by these Three Queens with crowns of gold—and from them rose A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars, What does the personification "a cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars" emphasize to the reader? the way the queens are dressed the sadness of the queens the reason the queens are out at night the dreams of the queens
the sadness of the queens
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
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. In such circumstances, storage of food is most important. The principal rule is to have separate places for different types of commodity: dry things can be kept in a pantry with bread and dry linen; wet things are normally stored in the buttery. Wine and meat must be kept apart, and cellars should be avoided on account of their dampness. Meat should be seethed in summer to keep it fresh, then kept in a cool cellar, soaked in vinegar with juniper seeds and salt. Most yeomen will have vats and presses for making cheeses—a valuable source of protein in the long winter season. Similarly, most livestock owners have troughs for salting meat or allowing it to steep in brine. What is the author's purpose in this excerpt? to explain how easy it was to store food properly during Elizabethan times to explain how the proper way to store food was taught to Elizabethan cooks to explain the complexities of proper food storage during Elizabethan times to explain the errors people made trying to store food properly during Elizabethan times
to explain the complexities of proper food storage during Elizabethan times
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. If you are hungry, you might feel inclined to turn to poaching. But be careful: this is risky. Taking livestock is theft, and theft is a felony which carries the death sentence. Killing wild animals that live on another man's land is also against the law; even taking a single fish from a river can result in a fine of a shilling or more. It is unlikely that you will be hanged for taking a wild animal such as a rabbit; but, even so, you will get a fine amounting to three times the value of the animal as well as three months in prison, and you will have to enter into a bond to guarantee your good behavior in the future; a second offense will be treated more harshly. If a gamekeeper attacks you and you defend yourself, you can be charged with assault. You may find yourself on the gallows if you injure him. What is the author's purpose in this excerpt? to explain why many Elizabethans tried poaching to explain why poaching was dangerous to explain why landowners punished poachers to explain why poaching often was forgiven
to explain why poaching was dangerous
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry. The realm shall not remain destitute of any heir that may be a fit governour, and peradventure more beneficial to the realm, than such offspring as may come of me: For though I be never so careful of your well-doing, and mind ever so to be, yet may my issue grow out of kind, and become perhaps ungracious. What is Queen Elizabeth's purpose in this excerpt? to persuade Parliament that the method of choosing successors to the throne based simply on birthright needs to be revised to persuade Parliament that her child should not be considered a possible choice for successor to the English throne to persuade Parliament that simply because she has a child does not guarantee that the child will be a competent ruler to persuade Parliament how catastrophic it could be if they acted ungraciously toward her or her child
to persuade Parliament that simply because she has a child does not guarantee that the child will be a competent ruler
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. But when I look'd again, behold an arm, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, That caught him by the hilt, and brandish'd him Three times, and drew him under in the mere. What does the imagery in the excerpt help readers understand? what happened when Sir Bedivere hid the sword what King Arthur said happened after the sword was destroyed what happened after Sir Bedivere threw the sword what King Arthur did after he caught the sword
what happened after Sir Bedivere threw the sword
