Question

read the excerpt from the time travelers guide to elizabethan england.

the underlying reasons for such differences are not hard to find. in a society in which people still starve to death, an orchard is not a beautiful thing in itself: its beauty lies in the fact that it produces apples and cider. a wide flat field is \finer\ than rugged terrain for it can be tilled easily to produce wheat and so represents good white bread. a small thatched cottage, which a modern viewer might consider pretty, will be considered unattractive by an elizabethan traveler, for cottagers are generally poor and able to offer little in the way of hospitality. ranges of hills and mountains are obstacles to elizabethan travelers and very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see. hills might feature in an elizabethan writers description of a county because of their potential for sheep grazing, but on the whole he will be...

which detail gives implicit information about the modern view of the elizabethan landscape?

in a society in which people still starve to death, an orchard is not a beautiful thing in itself: its beauty lies in the fact that it produces apples and cider.
a wide flat field is \finer\ than rugged terrain for it can be tilled easily to produce wheat and so represents good white bread.
ranges of hills and mountains are obstacles to elizabethan travelers and very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see.
hills might feature in an elizabethan writers description of a county because of their potential for sheep grazing, but on the whole he will be more concerned with listing all the houses of the gentry, their seats and parks.

Explanation:

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Analyze the question prompt

The question asks for a detail from the excerpt that provides implicit information about the modern view of the Elizabethan landscape.

Examine the text for modern views

We scan the excerpt for any mention of a "modern" perspective or viewer. The text states: "A small thatched cottage, which a modern viewer might consider pretty, will be considered unattractive by an Elizabethan traveler..."

Identify the implicit modern view

Using Textual Support, this sentence explicitly contrasts the Elizabethan view with the modern view. The modern view is that a small thatched cottage is "pretty" or picturesque, whereas the Elizabethan traveler views it as unattractive due to poverty.

Evaluate the given options

• Option 1 discusses orchards, focusing entirely on the Elizabethan perspective of utility (producing apples and cider).
• Option 2 discusses flat fields versus rugged terrain, focusing on agricultural utility (producing wheat and white bread).
• Option 3 discusses hills and mountains. It mentions they are "very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see." This contrasts with the modern habit of traveling to see mountains for pleasure, implying that modern people find them picturesque.
• Option 4 discusses hills in writing, focusing on sheep grazing and listing houses of the gentry.

Determine the correct choice

Option 3 directly addresses the concept of "picturesque features you go out of your way to see." By stating that mountains are "very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see" for an Elizabethan traveler, it implies that modern viewers do consider them picturesque and do go out of their way to see them.
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<mcq-option>(B) A wide flat field is "finer" than rugged terrain for it can be tilled easily to produce wheat and so represents good white bread.</mcq-option>
<mcq-correct>(C) Ranges of hills and mountains are obstacles to Elizabethan travelers and very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see.</mcq-correct>
<mcq-option>(D) Hills might feature in an Elizabethan writer's description of a county because of their potential for sheep grazing, but on the whole he will be more concerned with listing all the houses of the gentry, their seats and parks.</mcq-option>
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Answer:

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Analyze the question prompt

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Examine the text for modern views

We scan the excerpt for any mention of a "modern" perspective or viewer. The text states: "A small thatched cottage, which a modern viewer might consider pretty, will be considered unattractive by an Elizabethan traveler..."

Identify the implicit modern view

Using Textual Support, this sentence explicitly contrasts the Elizabethan view with the modern view. The modern view is that a small thatched cottage is "pretty" or picturesque, whereas the Elizabethan traveler views it as unattractive due to poverty.

Evaluate the given options

• Option 1 discusses orchards, focusing entirely on the Elizabethan perspective of utility (producing apples and cider).
• Option 2 discusses flat fields versus rugged terrain, focusing on agricultural utility (producing wheat and white bread).
• Option 3 discusses hills and mountains. It mentions they are "very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see." This contrasts with the modern habit of traveling to see mountains for pleasure, implying that modern people find them picturesque.
• Option 4 discusses hills in writing, focusing on sheep grazing and listing houses of the gentry.

Determine the correct choice

Option 3 directly addresses the concept of "picturesque features you go out of your way to see." By stating that mountains are "very far from picturesque features you go out of your way to see" for an Elizabethan traveler, it implies that modern viewers do consider them picturesque and do go out of their way to see them.
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<mcq-option>(D) Hills might feature in an Elizabethan writer's description of a county because of their potential for sheep grazing, but on the whole he will be more concerned with listing all the houses of the gentry, their seats and parks.</mcq-option>
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