Question

Elizabethan people also consider their health when choosing what to eat. . . . But our ideas about healthy food are very different from Elizabethan ones. For example, while we make use of sage in our cooking on account of its taste, Elizabethans use it because it is thought to sharpen the brain. Sir Thomas Elyot is worth listening to on this subject. Although he is a layman and not a physician, his book, The Castel of Health, proves hugely influential—it goes into its sixteenth edition in 1595. He declares that mutton is the most wholesome meat you can eat and that fish is not so good because it thins the blood.

–The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England,
Ian Mortimer

Which details give explicit information about Elizabethans’ beliefs about health? Check all that apply.

“Elizabethan people also consider their health when choosing what to eat.”
“But our ideas about healthy food are very different from Elizabethan ones.”
“we make use of sage in our cooking on account of its taste”
“Elizabethans use [sage] because it is thought to sharpen the brain.”
“[Sir Thomas Elyot] declares that mutton is the most wholesome meat you can eat”

Answer 1

Check:
- “Elizabethan people also consider their health when choosing what to eat.”
- “Elizabethans use [sage] because it is thought to sharpen the brain.”
- “[Sir Thomas Elyot] declares that mutton is the most wholesome meat you can eat.”

Why: the first states Elizabethans’ concern for health when eating, the second gives a specific belief about sage, and the third gives a specific claim about mutton. The other two lines either compare modern vs. Elizabethan ideas (no specific belief) or describe modern practice.