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Which statements describe the Middle Ages? Choose four answers.

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It was a period of time between 500 and 1500 CE.
B
It was a period characterized by democratic rule.
C
Catholicism was the dominant religion in Europe.
D
The monarchy and the Church were very powerful.
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A rising middle class was challenging class distinctions.
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Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales."But, sirs, it is not courteous of youTo speak so roughly to an old man, whoHas not offended you by word or deed.It’s there in Holy Writ for you to read:"Thou shalt rise up before the hoary headOf an old man”—and therefore do no harm,I warn you, to an old man while you’re young,Any more than you’d like to have it doneTo you in old age, should you live so long.Now God be with you! I go where I must go.”

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as an adventurer eager to join the youth
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as a church leader recruiting the youth
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as a sage counselor reproving the youth
D
as a cruel authority punishing the youth
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Which type of figurative language animates objects and ideas?

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personification
B
metaphor
C
adaptation
D
simile
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.Sir Thomas Elyot is worth listening to on this subject. Although he is a layman and not a physician, his book, The Castel of Health, proves hugely influential—it goes into its sixteenth edition in 1595. He declares that mutton is the most wholesome meat you can eat and that fish is not so good because it thins the blood. He also thinks that spices and vegetables are bad for you.

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The author wants to describe the time period accurately.
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The author wants to create a convincing argument.
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The author wants to present factual information effectively.
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The author wants to help the reader relate to the subject thoughtfully.
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Which excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson contains imagery?

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“In act to throw: but at the last it seem’d”
B
“I heard the ripple washing in the reeds”
C
“Thou hast betray’d thy nature and thy name”
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“Not rendering true answer, as beseem’d”
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.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. However, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. He has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” It seems the best advice is provided by

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Keeping warm and eating onions was the only way to avoid the plague. This treatment was recommended by Nicholas Bownd.
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Some Elizabethans believed that diet caused the plague. Nicholas Bownd suggested praying to God as the only cure.
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Writer Simon Forman believed that God was the only answer to the plague. He survived the disease and ate warm onions to treat his sores.
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While doctors like Simon Forman tried to help, others such as Nicholas Bownd relied on their faith in God.
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Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.So like a shatter’d column lay the King;Not like that Arthur who, with lance in rest,From spur to plume a star of tournament,Shot thro’ the lists at Camelot, and chargedBefore the eyes of ladies and of kings.

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the identities of the kings and ladies.
B
the current state of the king.
C
the appearance of the building.
D
the purpose of the tournament.
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Which details give explicit examples of starvation during Elizabethan times? Select 5 options.

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A miller’s daughter dies in her bed, weakened from lack of food.
B
A beggar boy from the Scottish Borders is found writhing in agony in the road and dies soon afterward “in great misery.”
C
Another “poor, hunger-starved beggar boy” is found in the street and carried into a house, where he dies.
D
A four-year-old local boy dies “for want of food and means,” as does his mother.
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You hear the story of a man leaving his home and walking hundreds of miles in search of work or food and returning after a couple of months with sufficient money only to find that his wife and children have all since died.
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Now you can see why so many people living in Kent in the 1590s walked there, as we have seen in Chapter Two.
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Read the excerpt from Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory.Then Sir Bedivere returned again, and took the sword in his hand; and then him thought sin and shame to throw away that noble sword . . .Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.Then went Sir Bedivere the second timeAcross the ridge, and paced beside the mere,Counting the dewy pebbles, fix’d in thought;But when he saw the wonder of the hilt,How curiously and strangely chased, he smoteHis 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”

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Tennyson’s version highlights Sir Bedivere’s second attempt to get rid of the sword.
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Tennyson’s version conveys Sir Bedivere’s desire to please the king regardless of his feelings.
C
Tennyson’s version highlights how Sir Bedivere thought that the sword was a burden.
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Tennyson’s version conveys Sir Bedivere’s extreme reluctance to get rid of the sword.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.People believe that the balance of the humors is also upset by eating too much or too little of something. As noted in the previous chapter, Thomas Elyot believes that fish and fresh fruit are bad for you, and that white bread is more nutritious than bread with the bran. William Horman maintains that drinking cold liquids after prolonged activity is very dangerous for the health. Richard Carew states that the "eating of fish,

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It details how diet could disrupt the balance of humors.
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It explains that fresh fish may cause liver disease.
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It discourages the use of cold liquids after activity.
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It recommends eliminating fresh fruit from a healthy diet.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.The following examples show how famine hits the Cumberland parish of Greystoke. Here "a poor fellow destitute of succor” is found in the highway and is carried to the constable’s house, where he dies. A miller’s daughter dies in her bed, weakened from lack of food. A beggar boy from the Scottish Borders is found writhing in agony in the road and dies soon afterward "in great misery.” Another "poor, hunger-starved beggar boy” is found in the street and carried into a house, where he dies. A widow is discovered dead in a barn. A four-year-old local boy dies "for want of food and means,” as does his mother. A total of sixty-two people die in Greystoke in just one year—during which time the parish sees no marriages and only three children conceived. You hear the story of a man leaving his home and walking hundreds of miles in search of work or food and returning after a couple of months with sufficient money only to find that his wife and children have all since died.

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death from starvation was common in Elizabethan England.
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very few people died of starvation in Elizabethan England.
C
communities were shocked by the deaths from starvation.
D
communities tried to prevent the deaths from starvation.
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A chronological text structure presents events

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from least important to most important.
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in a random, unorganized way.
C
in the order in which they occur.
D
from most important to least important.
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Characterization is the way an author

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unfolds a sequence of events within a story.
B
describes the features of a physical environment.
C
illustrates the time period in which a tale takes place.
D
develops personalities through thoughts, words, and actions.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.When the trumpets sound, most people quieten down, waiting for the play to begin. If you are sitting in the gallery you will have a clear view of the stage as it projects out from the far side of the round enclosure. Leading actors will come right out along this platform and deliver their soliloquies directly to the crowd. So too will a clown like Will Kempe, when he wishes to extemporize and make "a scurvy face.” There are t

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The author uses a serious tone and a third-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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The author uses descriptive details and a first-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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The author uses a critical tone and a third-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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The author uses descriptive details and a second-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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What is the author’s attitude toward a subject called?

A
structure
B
tone
C
organization
D
description

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