1. is the best choice
MLA citation requires that in parenthesis at the end of the reference, that the Author's last name be given, followed by the page number. This immediately eliminates choices 2 & 4. The main difference between 1 and 3 are that number 3 uses quotations to mark off the direct phrases from the passage. Although it does include important supporting details, it misses one of the key ideas, that of eating communal meals. Also, in shorter passages like this, the reference at the end demonstrates that a writer is using ideas from another person and the rest of number one is sufficiently paraphrased to avoid using quotations.
William the conqueror was a Norman king of England, and he was known among his own people as WIlliame I (Normans did not use surnames, so he was known as William the Bastar d, but rather to the Saxons).
<span>B."Those two claims don't add up, but maybe we can find another source that helps us sort them out."
This is the nicest and most effective route to help out a student and point out the contradiction</span>
It's B.
Also, you may have the same computer as me. Nice.