If an author is unknown you would start with the title. The correct answer is D.
They are both correct because Ralph is saying "half inches", and so if you take 5 and you cut them into half, they add up to 11
Who is the author? If you can tell me I will find out
the answer is D. The council voted to uphold the education budget as planned.
The correct answers are options B, C and D.
Marco Polo's cultural context are represented first in the quote about the malik of Homuz who had a castle. <em>Malik </em>means <em>king </em>in Arabic, and the Kingdom of Hormuz existed in the Persian Gulf between the 10th and 17th centuries.
Secondly, the cite about ships which made voyages in twenty days also refers to the cultural framework of Polo's time.
Finally, there is a reference to Saracen people, a term used to mention Muslims in the Middle Ages.