This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > World Literature > French > The Plague – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Plague Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Black Death broke out in ..... A) The 13th century. B) In winter. C) In 1348 B.C. D) 1340s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1340s. 2. One thing the Egyptians worshipped was ..... A) Cattle. B) Locusts. C) The one true God. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cattle. 3. The Great Plague of London broke out A) In the winter of 1665. B) In the summer of 1665. C) In the spring of 1665. D) In the spring of 2020. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the summer of 1665. 4. True or False:Today, people can still get the Plague, but tend to recover quickly A) False, cannot. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. The Fifth Plague A) Livestock died. B) Lightning and Thunder. C) Gnats. D) Bees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Livestock died. 6. What came finally that stayed for three days ..... A) A moonlight. B) A cloud in the sky. C) A Fire. D) A thick darkness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A thick darkness. 7. For he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, and has covered me with the robe of righteousness. A) Isaiah 3:21. B) Isaiah 61:10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isaiah 61:10. 8. Who was the Leader of the Egyptians? A) Pharaoh. B) Moses. C) Aaron. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pharaoh. 9. The Plague is estimated to have killed between 75 and 200 million people. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which of these were a cause of the plague spreading? A) Global trade. B) Nuclear Warheads. C) Bon Jovi World Tour. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global trade. 11. What struck all the animal in Egypt ..... A) Fever. B) Malaria. C) Terrible diseases. D) Lack of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrible diseases. 12. Next God sent flies that swarmed into the houses and covered the ..... A) Country. B) Israel. C) Land. D) Only the house of Pharaoh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land. 13. What do rhombuses, rectangles, and squares have in common? A) They all have 2 pairs of parallel lines. B) All sides are the same length. C) They have exactly 1 pair of parallel lines. D) They always have 4 right angles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They all have 2 pairs of parallel lines. 14. How many pairs of parallel sides are in a parallelogram? A) 4. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 15. Through what continent did the Bubonic Plague sweep once it reached Mediterranean ports? A) Europe. B) France. C) Africa. D) Mesoamerica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Europe. 16. Who refused to let Joseph go back to the docks? A) Paolo. B) Maria. C) Joseph's dad. D) Nonna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonna. 17. A shape that has 2 pairs of opposite sides that are parallel could be a A) Trapezoid. B) Rhombus, trapezoid, or a square. C) Trapezoid or a square. D) Rectangle or a rhombus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rectangle or a rhombus. 18. The Plague infected/killed people in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. Why was January 25th significant to the residents? A) That is the day that the authorities announce that the plague has been stemmed. B) That is the day the authorities are opening the gates of the town. C) That is the day that the rats return. D) That is the day that the authorities threaten to arrest anyone caught trying to leave the town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That is the day that the authorities announce that the plague has been stemmed. 20. What was unknown for most of human history that drove the spread of diseases like the plague? A) The importance of exercise. B) The role of vitamins. C) The cause of illnesses (germs). D) The benefits of clean air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cause of illnesses (germs). 21. In the last few years, what was the average amount of cases of the plague in the United States each year? A) 7. B) 5. C) 6. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 22. How long did the Crusades last? A) 1096-1291. B) 1906-1989. C) 1240-1360. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1096-1291. 23. The goal of the Crusades was to reclaim A) Jerusalem and Constantinople. B) Palestine. C) Syria. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jerusalem and Constantinople. 24. The fall of Feudalism created the growth of what? A) Farming. B) Homelessness. C) Cities. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cities. 25. How did the rats that carried the infested fleas spread the plague throughout Europe? A) They were packed in traveler's suitcases. B) They were on ships that traveled along trade routes. C) The rats swam the seas along trade routes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were on ships that traveled along trade routes. 26. Who was a tall and skinny person with black hair? A) Maria's dad. B) Joseph. C) Paolo. D) Nonna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph. 27. Which global region did not face a major outtbreak until two centuries later? A) Europe. B) Asia. C) Africa. D) The Americas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Americas. 28. If you protest something, what do you do? A) You give into something. B) You cause harm to someone. C) You express being against something. D) You approve of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You express being against something. 29. What were the Crusades? A) A series of wars between the Romans and Germanic Tribes. B) A series of wars between the Muslim tribes on the Arabian Penisula. C) A series of religious wars in the middle ages. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A series of religious wars in the middle ages. 30. What contributed to the spread of plague in cities? A) High literacy rates. B) Widespread vaccination. C) Crowded neighborhoods and poor waste management. D) Clean water supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crowded neighborhoods and poor waste management. 31. Define contracting as used in the article. A) To reduce in size; Make smaller. B) To shorten by omitting or deleting sections. C) To become affected with. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To become affected with. 32. What's the second plague? A) Water turned to blood. B) Frogs everywhere. C) Three dark days. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frogs everywhere. 33. The plague came from A) Asia. B) America. C) Australia. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 34. The Seventh Plage A) Tornadoes. B) Hail. C) Sandstorm. D) Snowstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hail. 35. Which quadrilateral can be described as a shape with four right angles and 4 equal length sides? A) Hexagon. B) Polygon. C) Square. D) Trapezoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Square. 36. #7-How did Pharaoh react to the 2nd plague? A) He got mad and killed off 10 percent of Israel. B) He said to Moses, "Pray to the Lord to take frogs away, ". C) He charged Moses 200 pieces of silver for each dead frog. D) He laughed at the foolishness of the plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He said to Moses, "Pray to the Lord to take frogs away, ". 37. A rhombus ALWAYS has A) 2 pairs of opposite sides that are parallel and only 2 sides that are the same length. B) 4 right angles and 4 sides the same length. C) 2 pairs of opposite sides that are parallel and all sides are the same length. D) 2 parallel lines and no right angles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 pairs of opposite sides that are parallel and all sides are the same length. 38. What animals have lions eaten? A) Foliage. B) Goats, bulls and stags. C) Fish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goats, bulls and stags. 39. The bite of rats caused the plague A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 40. #7-What were the Egyptian magicians able to do during the 2nd plague? A) Make the frogs die off. B) Make their frogs eat Moses' frogs. C) Make frogs come up on the land of Egypt. D) Have gnats bother the frogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make frogs come up on the land of Egypt. 41. The plague never returned to London, because ..... A) Cats and dogs killed all rats. B) Doctors discovered new medicines. C) People wore face masks. D) A fire burnt down the old city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fire burnt down the old city. 42. At the end of the Middle Ages, people became eager to gain knowledge. What became the center of knowledge at this time? A) Monasteries. B) Libraries. C) Universities. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Universities. 43. In their ravage of Constantinople, Christians stole precious ..... from the Orthodox Churches A) Ransack. B) Pillage. C) Relics. D) Plunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relics. 44. Which character is trying everything he can to leave town? A) Rieux. B) Grand. C) Rambert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rambert. 45. What was the Black Death? A) A natural disaster. B) A plague that spread throughout Europe. C) A type of war. D) A famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A plague that spread throughout Europe. 46. Which town in southern Germany escaped the Black Death and made a promise to put on a Passion Play? A) Avignon. B) Florence. C) Vienna. D) Oberammergau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oberammergau. 47. A piece of paper's sides measure 8 x 4 x 8x 4. What shape could the paper be? A) Rhombus. B) Rectangle. C) Trapezoid. D) Square. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rectangle. 48. When did the Plague of Justinian occur? A) In the 19th century. B) In the 6th century. C) In the 14th century. D) In the 21st century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the 6th century. 49. Yersinia Pestis is the bacteria that infects people. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. What happened if the israelites gathered too much manna? A) They had less work. B) There wasn't enough for everyone. C) It got wormy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It got wormy. 51. What is another name for the Bubonic Plague? A) Bubonic Illiness. B) Black Death. C) Black Spots. D) Black Blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black Death. 52. What did the discovery of the bacteria behind plague outbreaks lead to? A) An increase in plague outbreaks. B) The end of all pandemics. C) Further developments in science and public health. D) A decline in international trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Further developments in science and public health. 53. The Black Plague was especially ..... , meaning its effects were severe and deadly A) Remedy. B) Pestilence. C) Virulent. D) Relic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virulent. 54. What year was the bacteria behind plague outbreaks discovered? A) 1894. B) 1918. C) 1945. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1894. 55. These creatures were blamed for spreading the plague A) Cats. B) Rats. C) Dogs. D) Mice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rats. 56. Which character succumbs to the plague? A) Cottard. B) Rieux. C) Rambert. D) Tarrou. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarrou. 57. What is plague caused by? A) A fungus. B) A bacterium called Yersinia pestis. C) A parasite. D) A virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bacterium called Yersinia pestis. 58. Which shapes are also parallelogram? A) Square. B) Rectangle. C) Rhombus. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. Why did people join in fighting in the Crusades? A) They thought it would help them to practice their fighting skills. B) They thought it would help them to get into heaven. C) They would get killed if they refused to fight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They thought it would help them to get into heaven. 60. What was a result of growing economies in relation to plague pandemics? A) Improved medical knowledge. B) Urbanization and rising urban population. C) Better living conditions. D) Decrease in international trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization and rising urban population. Next →Related QuizzesWorld Literature QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Plague Quiz 2The Plague Quiz 3The Plague Quiz 4The Plague Quiz 5The Plague Quiz 6The Stranger Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books