5. All of the following were details in the paragraph EXCEPT

A) Elizabeth’s education allowed her to encourage reading.

B) People were inspired by Elizabeth’s example.

C) Elizabeth was an intelligent politician.

D) England had a time of civil strife before Elizabeth came to the throne.


5. The correct choice is C.

All of the choices except C are supporting details in the paragraph which are shown below in red.

With the accession of Elizabeth I to the throne, a new age approached. The Renaissance, a spirit which had kindled the fires of learning in other countries, spread to England with its vibrant, intellectual queen to assist it rather than to contain or extinguish it. With Mary or sickly Edward and his protector and governor, Edward Seymour, the spirit of the Renaissance might never have spread to a receptive assemblage of subjects, and England might have continued its stifling asceticism and unproductive civil strife. Elizabeth brought not only her remarkable leadership to the throne, but also her intense desire to unify and help her people. Her education allowed her to appreciate the vitality of the times and to capitalize on it. Rather than resisting the restless individualism of the age, she nurtured it by her own unique example. The people had a woman to idolize and emulate — someone who led by ability rather than by force. And the people followed her out of gratitude and love. Writers praised Elizabeth in prose, drama, and verse, and the Queen and her subjects delighted in reading the literary homage.