AnswersHSA 26-27 English IV A -ICPart 1: An Introduction to Elizabethan England

Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England Answers

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Readers must consider ________ to determine the central idea in an informational text.

A
the author and setting
B
historical facts and people
C
the topic and supporting details
D
symbolism and language
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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.

A
Infectious diseases, like the plague, killed many people.
B
Infectious diseases were a great source of concern.
C
Elizabethans faced health challenges similar to ours today.
D
Elizabethans faced a variety of challenges in staying healthy.
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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.

A
The plague was unavoidable, and unpredictable in regards to whom it would affect.
B
The plague was associated with filthy cesspits. It was a dirty disease with a foul odor.
C
People in diseased homes should certainly have left immediately to avoid infection.
D
The capital was the center of all medical care, and Elizabethans came for treatment.
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Which sentence is an example of an objective summary?

A
Mortimer is a witty writer who adds humor to history.
B
It must have been horrible to live in Elizabethan times.
C
Quality health care today is wonderful, but overpriced.
D
Modern medicine has changed dramatically since the 1500s.
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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.

A
Physicians could not do much for victims of the plague.
B
Physicians were afraid to come near patients with symptoms.
C
Symptoms of the plague included headaches and delirium.
D
Symptoms were treated with dragon water or theriac.
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A
best words
B
own words
C
thesis statement
D
supporting ideas

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