The correct answer is A. During the Elizabethan period, food was often scarce.
Explanation
According to the passage, it can be inferred that the food was scarce because the excerpt shows arguments such as its value exceeded the price of an average single-family house. In addition, transportation was another factor that increased the value of food, so it largely depended on local cultivation. So the correct answer is A. During the Elizabethan period, food was often scarce.
The paragraph first says what is being compared and contrasted, then it says what they have in common by using the word "both." The phrase "on the other hand" shows that they're being contrasted.
B: negotiations for inspection and control of weapons
Explanation:
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy from the quote above is talking about negotiations to inspect and control weapons that's why he called for formulation of serious and workable plans and proposals among countries to control and inspect weapons of destruction.
