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Read the passage from Elizabethan Etiquette.If you happened to be a lord or lady in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, one way that you would occupy your time might be learning the plethora of etiquette rules so complex that one would have to memorize them as people today might memorize the lyrics to their favorite songs.

A
popular music.
B
Elizabethan royalty.
C
Elizabethan manners.
D
modern society.
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Read the passage from Sophie’s paper on Response to Erik of Sweden.Although Queen Elizabeth is polite, she also seems a bit annoyed. For example, she says, "It seems strange for your Serene Highness to write that you understand from your brother and your ambassadors that we have entirely determined not to marry an absent husband; and that we shall give you no certain reply until we shall have seen your person.”

A
clarifying the overall purpose of the text.
B
adopting a second-person point of view.
C
adding implicit information to her conclusion.
D
using textual evidence to support her inference.
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Read the sentence from a paper on Elizabethan Women.Highborn Elizabethan women lived difficult, suffocating lives with many rules and few choices.

A
the central idea.
B
a general topic.
C
a supporting detail.
D
the author’s purpose.
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Read the passage from Elizabethan Etiquette.The Elizabethan era, the years between 1558-1603 when Elizabeth I reigned as Queen of England, is known for its emphasis on courtly manners. The most esteemed book on the subject was Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier, also referred to as The Courtier. The Courtier was translated from its original Italian into English in 1561, and its rules were carefully followed by the highest-ranking courtiers of the day.

A
Elizabeth I started her reign as Queen of England.
B
Queen Elizabeth read Castiglione’s The Courtier.
C
Castiglione’s The Courtier was translated into English.
D
manners became linked with the Italian and English courts.
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Which factors affected when guests could begin a meal in Elizabethan England? Select 3 options.

A
when the attendees arrived
B
when the grace was said
C
when the salt cellar was placed
D
when the lord greeted the guests
E
when the guests washed their hands
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Read Ethan’s inference about Response to Erik of Sweden.Queen Elizabeth thinks Erik of Sweden is needlessly vain.

A
A letter truly yours both in the writing and sentiment was given us on 30 December by your very dear brother, the Duke of Finland.
B
And while we perceive there from that the zeal and love of your mind towards us is not diminished, yet in part we are grieved that we cannot gratify your Serene Highness with the same kind of affection.
C
And we in our turn shall take care that whatever can be required for the holy preservation of friendship between Princes we will always perform towards your Serene Highness.
D
But that we are not to give you an answer until we have seen your person is so far from the thing itself that we never even considered such a thing.
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Anita was instructed to summarize Elizabethan Women. In order to do so, she should make sure the language she uses in her summary is

A
amusing.
B
biased.
C
descriptive.
D
objective.
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A
work
B
marriage
C
poverty
D
royalty
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Read the passage from Elizabethan Ettiquette.Sometimes guests brought their own knives and spoons, and sometimes they were furnished by the host. If not eating something soft or soupy that required a spoon, people ate with their fingers, using their knives only to take food from the main serving platter and to cut it when necessary. The knife was placed on the right side of the trencher, and the bread was on the left. Cups were not placed on the table. If a guest wanted a drink, he or she would ask a servant, who would bring them a cup that was kept on a side table or sometimes in a cool bath of water. When the guest finished drinking, they would return the cup to the servant, who would rinse it out, making it ready for the next guest.

A
tableware was rarer in Elizabethan times than it is today.
B
Elizabethan dinners were less common than modern dinners.
C
the Elizabethans liked sharing more than modern people do.
D
guests were happier in Elizabethan times than they are now.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.In such circumstances, storage of food is most important. The principal rule is to have separate places for different types of commodity: dry things can be kept in a pantry with bread and dry linen; wet things are normally stored in the buttery. Wine and meat must be kept apart, and cellars should be avoided on account of their dampness. Meat should be seethed in summer to keep it fresh, then kept in a cool cellar, soaked in vinegar with juniper seeds and salt. Most yeomen will have vats and presses for making cheeses—a valuable source of protein in the long winter season. Similarly, most livestock owners have troughs for salting meat or allowing it to steep in brine.

A
to explain how easy it was to store food properly during Elizabethan times
B
to explain how the proper way to store food was taught to Elizabethan cooks
C
to explain the complexities of proper food storage during Elizabethan times
D
to explain the errors people made trying to store food properly during Elizabethan times
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Which option shows the text signaling the sequence of events?

A
"At the start of the reign the majority of productions are miracle plays . . ."
B
". . . a prompter goes to each actor in turn and whispers his speech to him, line by line."
C
". . . people increasingly choose to see secular plays on historical and moral themes."
D
"If there are any female parts, these are played by boys dressed as women."
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Which of these excerpts from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England is related from the second-person point of view?

A
Hills might feature in an Elizabethan writer’s description of a county because of their potential for sheep grazing . . .
B
Those things that Elizabethans take for granted are precisely what you will find most striking . . .
C
Before this, they do not need such a word, for they do not see a “landscape” as such . . .
D
Shakespeare does not use the word “landscape” at all; he uses the word “country” . . .
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.The theory of the humors is just the basic framework into which physicians fit a number of other ideas. Galen teaches that every living thing is composed of the four elements: fire, earth, air, and water. Each of these corresponds with one of the four humors. Fire, which is said to be hot and dry, corresponds with choler; water (cold and wet) with phlegm; earth (dry and cold) with black bile; and air (hot and wet) with blood. These properties are all associated with parts of the body, so the brain is cold and moist, the kidneys hot and moist, and so on. If an imbalance in the humors clashes with the properties of an organ, the patient will be ill.

A
Water was thought to be cold and wet, so it was associated with phlegm.
B
Elizabethans believed that the balance of the four humors would keep them healthy.
C
Galen taught Elizabethan doctors about fire, water, earth, and air.
D
Air was the most important humor because it corresponded with blood.
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Which sentence is an example of an objective summary?

A
Mortimer is a witty writer who adds humor to history.
B
It must have been horrible to live in Elizabethan times.
C
Quality health care today is wonderful, but overpriced.
D
Modern medicine has changed dramatically since the 1500s.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.By the end of the reign he [Jonson] has married, had two children and lost one, tried to become an actor and failed, become a playwright, been arrested for a scurrilous play and released, killed another actor in a duel, been arrested again and put on trial for murder, and escaped hanging by pleading benefit of the clergy. The play for which he is arrested, The Isle of Dogs, coauthored with Thomas Nashe, is so slanderous and offensive that the privy council orders the closure not just of the play but of every theater in London.

A
Jonson becoming a playwright
B
Jonson and Nashe writing The Isle of Dogs
C
the clergy pardoning Jonson
D
the actor being killed in a duel
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.In 1574 the city authorities are given powers to restrict playhouses, forcing the actors to find new premises in the suburbs. This becomes a golden opportunity for John Brayne and his brother-in-law, James Burbage, who in 1576 build a new theater, simply called The Theatre, at Shoreditch, just half a mile north of Bishopsgate. The following year a second theater, the Curtain, is built just two hundred yards away. Despite some heavy opposition from Puritan preachers and moralists, both theaters are successful.

A
Because successful theaters were built outside of the city, many theaters shut down in the suburbs.
B
Because John Brayne built a new theater, city authorities restricted playhouses.
C
Because city authorities restricted playhouses, new theaters were built outside city limits and grew to be successful.
D
Because the Curtain was built in the suburbs, Puritan preachers began to oppose theaters in the city.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.Pig farmers keep their flitches of bacon back in storage until they can get a better price for them later in the winter. Such tactics are made even more profitable by the unhappy fact that harvests can fail, causing local—and sometimes national—food shortages. Large towns are less vulnerable, being part of an international market that sees preserved foods traded long-distance; but much of the countryside is dependent on fresh food. After a poor harvest, prices for all commodities—not just grain—rise dramatically and the poor are unable to make ends meet.

A
Pig farmers keep their flitches of bacon back in storage until they can get a better price for them later in the winter.
B
Such tactics are made even more profitable by the unhappy fact that harvests can fail, causing local—and sometimes national—food shortages.
C
Large towns are less vulnerable, being part of an international market that sees preserved foods traded long-distance; but much of the countryside is dependent on fresh food.
D
After a poor harvest, prices for all commodities—not just grain—rise dramatically and the poor are unable to make ends meet.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.Describing a landscape is thus a matter of perspective: your priorities affect what you see. Asked to describe their county, most Devonians will mention the great city of Exeter, the ports of Dartmouth, Plymouth, and Barnstaple, and the dozens of market towns. They will generally neglect to mention that the region is dominated by a great moor, Dartmoor, two thousand feet high in places and over two hundred square miles in expanse. There are no roads across this wasteland, only track ways. Elizabethans see it as good for nothing but pasture, tin mining, and the steady water supply it provides by way of the rivers that rise there.

A
Describing a landscape is thus a matter of perspective: your priorities affect what you see.
B
Asked to describe their county, most Devonians will mention the great city of Exeter . . .
C
There are no roads across this wasteland, only track ways.
D
Elizabethans see it as good for nothing but pasture, tin mining, and the steady water supply it provides . . .
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Which line best helps develop the central idea that the plague was a very deadly disease?

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 . . .”
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Descriptive details help the reader

A
eliminate unnecessary information.
B
present information in a logical way.
C
organize details in order of importance.
D
envision a concept or scenario.

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