Read this excerpt from a book that describes clothing in medieval Europe. Nobles, including lords and ladies, often were dressed
in rich-colored clothing, sometimes even with golden thread. Dyeing clothes was very expensive at the time; therefore, only the wealthy could afford to have clothing made with vibrant colors. Peasants wore un-dyed clothes in browns and grays mostly for two reasons: they were inexpensive, and because peasants worked the land, dirt was less predominant and the clothes were easier to clean. On the basis of this excerpt, what can a reader conclude about noble women and peasant women? A. Peasant women had no interest in fine clothing.
B. It was easy to distinguish between noble and peasant women at a glance.
C. Noble women were concerned only with their wealth and status.
D. It was unlikely that a peasant woman could ever become a noble woman.
What a reader conclude about noble women and peasant women is that It was easy to distinguish between noble and peasant women at a glance.
Explanation:
This excerpt gives a complete description about one of the differences between the clothes noble women and peasant women would wear focusing on the colors of the fabrics and the cost of treatments to give color to them, besides it also describes the functional uses of the clothes and the reason why the clothes were visually easy to distinguish.
