Read the passage from Elizabethan Etiquette.
Which factors affected when guests could begin a meal
Next, the salt cellar was placed on the table. The cellar,
in Elizabethan England? Select 3 options.
or container, for the salt was decorative, and the main
adornment for most tables. It occupied a place of
O when the attendees arrived
honor, and as such, the placement of the salt also
O when the grace was said
determined where guests sat, with the host and his or
her most honored guests on one side and guests of
D when the salt cellar was placed
lesser importance on the other. Therefore, no one sat
down until the salt cellar, also simply called "the salt,"
O when the lord greeted the guests
was placed.
D when the guests washed their hands
All guests would be led into the dining hall, in order of
their importance. The lord, or host, would sit at the
head of the table, with the most honored guests on the
right and the least honored on the left. Guests would
always wash their hands prior to beginning the meal,
and grace was said before the food was served
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