Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England — Quiz
Question 19 • British Literature and Composition
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Elizabethan people suffer from some afflictions that no longer exist in modern England. Plague is the obvious example but it is by no means the only one. Sweating sickness kills tens of thousands of people on its first appearance in 1485 and periodically thereafter. It is a terrifying disease because sufferers die within hours. It doesn’t return after a particularly bad outbreak in 1556 but people do not know whether it has gone for good; they still fear it, and it continues to be part of the medical landscape for many years. How does the paragraph develop the central idea that Elizabethans suffered from diseases that are unfamiliar to modern readers?
Answer
A
It lists diseases found only in modern England.
B
It gives a description of the English landscape.
C
It provides the example of sweating sickness.
D
It describes the plague in great detail.
Explanation
The paragraph supports the idea by describing sweating sickness, including when it appeared, how deadly it was, and how quickly sufferers died. This disease is presented as one of the afflictions Elizabethans feared, so the example shows what made their medical experience unfamiliar to modern readers. The paragraph does not detail the plague or describe the landscape.
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