Question

Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.

Food is valuable in Elizabethan England, far more so than in the modern world. A flock of 180 sheep is worth more than the average detached house. The difficulties of transportation mean that the food supply depends heavily on what grows locally and how much surplus is available. It also depends on the season. Harvest is obviously a time of much grain and fruit.

Which ideas are implicitly stated in the excerpt? Select three options.

Food was more valuable in Elizabethan times than it is today.
Detached houses are cheaper than large flocks of sheep.
Difficulty in food transportation limited food availability.
Not many Elizabethans ate exotic fruit.
Food was more scarce during the winter months.
More people had food during harvest season.

Answer 1

Correct answers:
- Difficulty in food transportation limited food availability.
- Food was more scarce during the winter months.
- More people had food during harvest season.

Why: the passage says transport difficulties made supply depend on what grew locally (implying limited availability), notes that supply depends on the season and that harvest produces much grain and fruit (implying greater abundance at harvest and relative scarcity in off‑seasons such as winter).