Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England — Quiz
Question 7 • British Literature and Composition
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. The grim reality is that plague in the capital is as common as the stench of the cesspits and almost as unavoidable. You cannot predict where it will strike: People living next door to infected houses are left unaffected. Some people are not touched even when others in their own house have it. Which sentence best summarizes the excerpt?
Answer
A
The plague was associated with filthy cesspits. It was a dirty disease with a foul odor.
B
The capital was the center of all medical care, and Elizabethans came for treatment.
C
People in diseased homes should certainly have left immediately to avoid infection.
D
The plague was unavoidable, and unpredictable in regards to whom it would affect.
Explanation
The excerpt says plague was “almost as unavoidable” as the stench in the capital, but also that it was impossible to predict whom it would strike. Nearby people and even people in the same home could remain unaffected. Therefore, the best summary is that the plague was unavoidable and unpredictable in whom it affected.
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