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Part 3: Text Structure in an Informational Text — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.Another familiar disease is malaria, which Elizabethans refer to as ague or fever. You might associate this with more tropical countries of the modern world but in marshy areas in sixteenth-century England, such as the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Fens, the Norfolk Broads, and Romney Marsh in Kent, it kills thousands. No one suspects that it has anything to do with mosquitoes; rather people believe it is the corrupted air arising from the low-lying dank marsh (hence the term mal-aria). As a result, you will have no chance of getting proper treatment for the disease.

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It proves that malaria is spread by mosquitoes in swampy areas.
B
It gives a detailed description of the area known as Romney Marsh.
C
It explains Elizabethan misconceptions about the spread of malaria.
D
It compares common malaria symptoms to influenza symptoms.
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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.
B
The author wants to create a convincing argument.
C
The author wants to present factual information effectively.
D
The author wants to help the reader relate to the subject thoughtfully.
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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.
E
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 excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's speeches.How does the purpose of the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury compare to the excerpt from Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry?

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Both excerpts inform Queen Elizabeth's audience of her strategic plans for engaging and defeating the invading army.
B
Both excerpts attempt to persuade Queen Elizabeth's audience that she is willing to sacrifice her life for England's well-being.
C
Both excerpts inform Queen Elizabeth's audience of the reasons she has come to passionately love and defend England.
D
Both excerpts attempt to persuade Queen Elizabeth's audience that she is the most capable ruler the country has known.
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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”

A
Tennyson’s version highlights Sir Bedivere’s second attempt to get rid of the sword.
B
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.
D
Tennyson’s version conveys Sir Bedivere’s extreme reluctance to get rid of the sword.
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Which statements describe the central ideas of a text? Select three choices.They explain helpful details.They are the most important ideas in a text.They give examples of key ideas.They are supported by details.They can be explicitly stated or implied.

A
They explain helpful details.
B
They are the most important ideas in a text.
C
They give examples of key ideas.
D
They are supported by details.
E
They can be explicitly stated or implied.
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Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry.As I have good cause, so do I give you all my hearty thanks for the good zeal and loving care you seem to have, as well towards me as to the whole estate of your country.

A
encouraging an emotional response from the audience.
B
establishing her credibility as a capable leader.
C
providing a logical reason for trusting her leadership skills.
D
demonstrating her ability to speak persuasively.
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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 two large columns, both elaborately painted, which support the roof that covers the back of the stage.

A
The author uses a serious tone and a third-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
B
The author uses descriptive details and a first-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
C
The author uses a critical tone and a third-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
D
The author uses descriptive details and a second-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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Read the literary analysis paragraph.Shakespeare’s writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape. His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors. In Titus Andronicus, he uses words like "ruthless," "vast," and "gloomy" to describe forests. Although he is known as the "playwright’s playwright," Shakespeare could have been a travel guide.

A
Shakespeare’s writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape.
B
His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors.
C
In Titus Andronicus, he uses words like "ruthless," "vast," and "gloomy" to describe forests.
D
Although he is known as the "playwright’s playwright," Shakespeare could have been a travel guide.
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Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.Dear brethren, God forgive you your trespass,And keep you from the sin of avarice;My holy pardon here can save you all,And will, so long as you make offeringsOf gold and silver coin, spoons, brooches, rings—Bow down your heads before this holy bull!Come, ladies, make an offering of your wool!I’ll put your name down on my prayer-roll,And you shall enter to the bliss of heaven

A
Chaucer criticizes the practice of confessing one’s sins to a priest.
B
Chaucer criticizes the notion that divine forgiveness depends on giving money.
C
Chaucer criticizes the idea that people go to heaven after death.
D
Chaucer criticizes the fact that clergymen earn more than peasants.
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Central idea: People in Utopia care about the common good.

A
Extra food and resources are given to poor communities.
B
More wrote Utopia to encourage more equality in society.
C
Slavery shows that not everyone in Utopia is treated equally.
D
Gold and silver chains are worn by enslaved people in Utopia.
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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 Nicholas Bownd in his book Medicines for the Plague: "In these dangerous times God must be our only defense.”

A
Keeping warm and eating onions was the only way to avoid the plague. This treatment was recommended by Nicholas Bownd.
B
Some Elizabethans believed that diet caused the plague. Nicholas Bownd suggested praying to God as the only cure.
C
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.
D
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 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, especially newly taken and of the livers, gives rise to leprosy.” Although you will know that brown bread is more nutritious than white, and that fish does not cause leprosy, you will probably agree with the general idea—that what you ingest affects your health.

A
It details how diet could disrupt the balance of humors.
B
It explains that fresh fish may cause liver disease.
C
It discourages the use of cold liquids after activity.
D
It recommends eliminating fresh fruit from a healthy diet.
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Read the excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's speeches.Which best describes a difference in the types of rhetorical appeals used by Queen Elizabeth in these excerpts from her Address to the Troops at Tilbury and Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry?

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When speaking to her troops, Queen Elizabeth appeals to logos to convince the troops of her capabilities as a leader. When speaking to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth appeals to pathos to make members feel ashamed of their request.
B
When speaking to her troops, Queen Elizabeth appeals to pathos to convince the troops of her capabilities as a leader. When speaking to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth appeals to logos to make members feel ashamed of their request.
C
When speaking to her troops, Queen Elizabeth appeals to logos to inspire and encourage her army. When speaking to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth appeals to pathos to provide rational explanations that convince lawmakers.
D
When speaking to her troops, Queen Elizabeth appeals to pathos to inspire and encourage her army. When speaking to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth appeals to logos to provide rational explanations that convince lawmakers.
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Historical context helps readers understand a text by providing

A
a central idea.
B
personal opinions.
C
background information.
D
a supporting argument.

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