plz hurry who awnsers this qustion in 3 mins I'll mark the brainlest . Read this excerpt from "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe. He summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court. Which is the best way to determine the meaning of the word summoned using context clues? Read the word slowly. Skip the word. Look at the surrounding words. Look up the words online.