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.

Which sentence best summarizes the excerpt?

Water was thought to be cold and wet, so it was associated with phlegm.
Elizabethans believed that the balance of the four humors would keep them healthy.
Galen taught Elizabethan doctors about fire, water, earth, and air.
Air was the most important humor because it corresponded with blood.

The sentence which best summarizes the excerpt is, Elizabethans believed that the balance of the four humors would keep them healthy.

Option B.

Explanation:

The excerpt is a part of a novel 'The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England' written by Ian Mortimer. The excerpt provides a description of four elements namely: fire, earth, air, and water. It further describes how these each elements corresponds with the four humors and the role it plays in human body and health. Thus, this excerpt can be best summarized as'Elizabethans believed that the balance of the four humors would keep them healthy.' The other options on the other hand only includes a single element and thus cannot be a summarized sentence.

B.) Elizabethans believed that the balance of the four humors would keep them healthy.

Explanation:

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the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.

the italian poet francesco petrarch did! (: