Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England
Question 6 of 15 • English 12 A-IC - USD232
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.
Answer
A
It allows the reader to personally experience the effects of hunger during Elizabethan England.
B
It puts the reader in the place of the Elizabethan who has to pay fines for eating meat.
C
It explains to the reader which types of food were acceptable during Lent.
D
It describes the difficulties of being the head of an Elizabethan household.