Question

The wealthy English landlords had differing responses to their starving tenants. Some landlords did what they could to help their tenants. They instructed their agents to divide up leftover food among the poor farmers. Other landlords ignored the crisis, pretending to be unaware of the death and disease in the countryside. A third group of landlords threw their tenants off the land if they could not pay the rent. The McManus’s landlord was one of these. When Liam McManus’s parents died, their landlord sent his agent to tell Liam and his brothers that they must leave the property.

1
What is the CENTRAL IDEA of this paragraph?
a. Starving tenants created different responses among wealthy English landlords.
b. Liam McManus’s parents died and they had to leave their property.
c. Some landlords sent food to their poor farmers.
d. Poor tenants were despised by many of the wealthy English landlords.
2
Which of the following is NOT a DETAIL which supports the central idea?
a. Some landlords threw their tenants off the land if they could not pay the rent.
b. Landlords had different responses to their starving tenants.
c. Many tenants died of death and disease.
d. Agents were instructed to divide up leftover food among the poor farmers.
3
What is the TOPIC of the paragraph?
a. Liam McManus
b. English landlords
c. Starving tenants
d. Death and disease in the countryside

Answer 1

The wealthy English landlords had differing responses to their starving tenants, some helped while others ignored the crisis or threw their tenants off the land. Liam McManus's situation is a specific example of this.

Step-by-step explanation:

The central idea of the paragraph is that the wealthy English landlords had differing responses to their starving tenants. Some landlords helped their tenants by instructing their agents to divide up leftover food, while others ignored the crisis or threw their tenants off the land if they couldn't pay the rent.

A detail that does not support the central idea is that Liam McManus's parents died and they had to leave their property. This detail is specific to one landlord, rather than a general response among wealthy English landlords.

The topic of the paragraph is the relationship between the wealthy English landlords and their starving tenants.