Read the passage from Elizabethan Etiquette. Next, the salt cellar was placed on the table. The cellar, or container, for the sa
lt was decorative, and the main adornment for most tables. It occupied a place of honor, and as such, the placement of the salt also determined where guests sat, with the host and his or her most honored guests on one side and guests of lesser importance on the other. Therefore, no one sat down until the salt cellar, also simply called "the salt," was placed. All guests would be led into the dining hall, in order of their importance. The lord, or host, would sit at the head of the table, with the most honored guests on the right and the least honored on the left. Guests would always wash their hands prior to beginning the meal, and grace was said before the food was served. Which factors affected when guests could begin a meal in Elizabethan England? Check all that apply. when the attendees arrived when the grace was said when the salt cellar was placed when the lord greeted the guests when the guests washed their hands
I believe all options are correct except for 'when the lord greeted the guests.' There is no mention of the lord greeting his guests here in the excerpt, whereas all other options are indeed talked about in this text, which means they are all correct except for that one.
Poe is able to create suspense throughout the whole story by talking about the tunnels and how damp and dark they are and the presence of death. The way he writes this story shows dark imagery. You can imagine Montresor taking Fortunato into the tunnels and how dark it is
