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What is the topic of the paragraph?

housing in Elizabethan England

transportation in Elizabethan England

the food supply in Elizabethan England

What is the central idea of this passage?

Elizabethans who did not have cellars were unable to properly preserve and store food.

Many Elizabethans did not know how to properly preserve and store food.

Elizabethans had to be very careful about properly preserving and storing food.

How does the passage develop the central idea "food was valuable due to the limitations of local resources"?

It explains that the poor starved to death as a result of a shortage in the food supply.

It compares the Elizabethan food supply to the modern-day food supply.

It describes Cumberland parish of Greystoke, where most of the food came from.

How does the passage develop the central idea "food was valuable due to the limitations of local resources"?

It explains that the poor starved to death as a result of a shortage in the food supply.

It compares the Elizabethan food supply to the modern-day food supply.

It describes Cumberland parish of Greystoke, where most of the food came from.

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