Question

Match each Elizabethan practice to the anticipated result.

Answer 1

Answer:

Reading the stars  ⇒ informs one of the future

Astrology or the practice of reading the stars in order to find out the future was a widespread practice in Elizabethan England. It was so widespread that it was considered a science and as such had significant power over the people.

Using worms, mercury, and powdered skull ⇒ cures illness

In Elizabethan times, it was a firm medical belief that using worms, mercury and the powered skull of a man who was killed in battle could cure illness.

Lending fire to a neighbor ⇒ results in one's horse dying

Another Elizabethan belief was that if you lent fire to a neighbor, your horse would die. Needless to say it was not normal practice to lend a neighbor fire.