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L5: The Black Death

Quiz by Wayne Rumbaugh

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  • Q1
    What were the symptoms displayed by people who contracted the Black Death?
    Puss filled bustools
    fever
    vomitting
    All of These
    30s
  • Q2
    What was done with all of the bodies that were dead?
    They were buried in mass graves
    They were left in the streets because no one wanted to touch them
    They were burned
    All of these
    30s
  • Q3
    What did the “flagellants” do?
    They went from bar to bar partying-knowing they would die anyway
    None of these
    They whipped themselves as punishment for sin hoping that the plague would pass them by
    They whipped those that had contracted the plague to punish them
    30s
  • Q4
    What did the Pope do to save himself from the plague?
    He contracted the disease, but survived miraculously
    He sat between two large fires
    He left the continent for the New World
    He performed religious rituals
    30s
  • Q5
    What were some of the advantages left to the surviving peasants after the Black Death hit?
    All of these
    They got paid more
    They had more land available to them
    They paid less rent
    30s

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