Answer:
The meaning of this saying “I don't need a friend who changes when I change” means that you don't need a friend that copies your every move or tries to strictly be like you, or sometimes that "friend" that copies your every move and agrees with everything you say wants to win you over or just wants you to like them. You don't need a friend who doesn't know how to be themselves and try to be you because of that instead of trying to find themselves.
"I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better."
Answer:
C.
Transportation was more difficult in the winter months than the summer months.
Explanation:
The entire paragraph is about the food supply in Elizabethan England. It describes how food was valuable because it was not always easy to acquire. Travel was more difficult in Elizabethan England than in present day so the food supply was limited to what was available close by. Food options also varied by season. Some due to when certain fruits and vegetables were ale to grow and others due to when the food could be carried to different markets.
The answer is flourish. Incentive has nothing to do with this sentence. You could say that he "...signed his name with a bold and dramatic sweep", and that would basically be the same thing.