Part 1: An Introduction to Elizabethan England — Quiz
Question 14 • English Language Arts 12
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England . A wide flat field is "finer” than rugged terrain for it can be tilled easily to produce wheat and so represents good white bread. A small thatched cottage, which a modern viewer might consider pretty, will be considered unattractive by an Elizabethan traveler, for cottagers are generally poor and able to offer little in the way of hospitality. Ranges of hills and mountains are obstacles to Elizabethan travelers and very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see. Which ideas are stated explicitly in the excerpt? Choose two correct answers.
Answer
A
Elizabethans did not like to travel.
B
Today, many people like thatched cottages.
C
The English were very hospitable people.
D
Elizabethans preferred large houses.
E
A flat field could easily be used for farming.
F
Hills and mountains made travel difficult.
Explanation
The excerpt says a wide, flat field can be tilled easily to produce wheat, so it could easily be used for farming. It also describes hills and mountains as obstacles to Elizabethan travelers, meaning they made travel difficult. The passage does not say Elizabethans preferred large houses or that the English were generally very hospitable.
AI-written and checked against the verified answer.