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Part 2: Summarizing Central Ideas about Elizabethan England

Question 8 • *HSA 26-27 English IV A -IC

Which line best helps develop the central idea that the plague was a very deadly disease?

Answer
A
“Elizabethans do not understand infection and contagion as we do.”
B
“In 1565 the people of Bristol count up the plague victims for that year and arrive at the figure of 2,070 . . .”
C
“This last epidemic originates in Portugal and is brought to Devon by mariners.”
D
“It is ironic that the great naval ships that deliver the English from the Spanish threat bring another danger . . .”

Explanation

The figure of 2,070 plague victims in Bristol gives a specific example of how many people died, directly showing that the disease was deadly. Choice B best develops the idea because it provides evidence of the plague’s death toll.

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