The details from this excerpt support the inference that meat was consumed only by wealthy elizabethans. many elizabethans resisted the idea of eating more meat. fish was still a more common staple than meat in elizabethan diets. elizabethans’ attitude toward eating meat was becoming more relaxed.

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people

What does the line most likely show about the setting of the scene?

Which description provides the best objective summary of the article in the passage?