The excerpt :
Eventually, I visited Guyana to find out the fate of our house. As our car passed old sugar estates, and I saw the palm trees bending against the wide sky, the lush cane growing in thick, shiny rows, the villages, which were really parcels of land surrounding the important estates, I realized that sugar had been the entire reason for this country's existence. Every now and then an old boiling house—where the cane is processed into crystals, molasses, and rum—would show itself on the flat landscape, cropping up like a hulking ghost
Answer:
They show that the author wants to inform readers by describing the old sugar estates.
Explanation:
From the excerpt Given, we could infer and conclude that the authors purpose as revealed by the details of the excerpt is to inform readers about the description of the old sugar estate. Even though the excerpt began with the author saying he wants to discover the fate their house, the main excerpt only covers details and description of the old sugar estate by giving an insight on how much sugar estate has grown and it being a main feature of the area.
Answer: The Blackfriars Theatre.
Explanation: Following the information presented in the given excerpt from "The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England" we can see that the order in which the theaters were built and opened is first the "The Rose" it was built in 1587, followed by "The Swan" in 1595, "The Blackfriars Theatre" in 1596 (but it opened in 1599), was the theater that opened last, so the correct answer is The Blackfriars Theatre.
I think the correct answer would be B.
Option A: How well do elements of the text help the text achieve its goals?
The two last options are related with the interests of the reader and not only with the text. The option B, is not exactly about the text but more about the author. The option A really intends to assesses the text.