Question

read the excerpt from the time travelers guide to elizabethan england.
the grim reality is that plague in the capital is as common as the stench of the cesspits and almost as unavoidable. you cannot predict where it will strike: people living next door to infected houses are left unaffected. some people are not touched even when others in their own house have it.
which sentence best summarizes the excerpt?
the capital was the center of all medical care, and elizabethans came for treatment.
people in diseased homes should certainly have left immediately to avoid infection.
the plague was associated with filthy cesspits. it was a dirty disease with a foul odor.
the plague was unavoidable, and unpredictable in regards to whom it would affect.

Explanation:

The excerpt states that plague in the capital is common, nearly unavoidable, and its spread is unpredictable (neighbors/household members can remain unaffected while others get it). The correct option matches these key points: plague's unavoidability and unpredictability in who it affects. Other options are incorrect: the first is unrelated to medical care, the second incorrectly suggests people should leave (not mentioned), the third focuses only on cesspits/stench instead of the core points of unpredictability and unavoidability.

Answer:

The plague was unavoidable, and unpredictable in regards to whom it would affect