Complete with simple past.
1.They. (Be) in Salta. They. (Have) a wonderful time.

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.

It's to know your purpose before you read something because a purpose can:

Read this excerpt from the lady of shalott by alfred, lord tennyson. in which three lines does the poet reveal the monotomy of the lady’s existence