This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > World Literature > French > The Plague – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Plague Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did the plague positively affect European peasants? A) They were able to demand more money. B) They could capture nobles' land. C) They learned about medicine and disease. D) They turned into zombies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were able to demand more money. 2. Which of the following words DOES NOT mean to destroy or steal? A) Sack. B) Barter. C) Plunder. D) Pillage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barter. 3. In which outbreak of the plague did scientists discover what caused it? A) 100th. B) The final one. C) 1st. D) 10th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The final one. 4. Who was working on a cure? A) Citizens. B) Maria. C) Doctors. D) Priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doctors. 5. After ..... days The Lord took away away the plagues of blood. A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 6. Why did people go to the country in England? A) Because the landscape was beautiful. B) Because the weather was air was cleaner there. C) Because there was no plague there. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because there was no plague there. 7. What was the main cause of the Black Death in medieval Europe? A) Direct contact with infected individuals. B) Contaminated food and water supply. C) Exposure to toxic chemicals. D) Unsanitary living conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unsanitary living conditions. 8. When did the Bubonic Plague start? A) 1776 '~'. B) 1534. C) 1996. D) 1340. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1340. 9. In the 14th century, the bubonic plague was primarily spread from Asia into Africa and Europe by 1. sailors during Viking raids 2. traders and pilgrims during Pax Mongolia 3. enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage 4. missionaries during the European Age of Exploration A) 2. B) 4. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 10. What region did the Spanish Reconquista push Muslims out of? A) Greece and Italy. B) Poland and Romania. C) Spain and Portugal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain and Portugal. 11. What is the opposite of superstition? A) 4 leaf clover gives good luck. B) Opening an umbrella inside is bad luck. C) Scientific facts. D) Broken mirror gives 7 years back luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientific facts. 12. What did people do with garbage and waste in their homes? A) Threw it in the dump. B) Dumped it into the streets. C) Recycled it. D) Left it in houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dumped it into the streets. 13. From whose journal does the narrator get some of his information? A) Grand. B) Cottard. C) Tarrou. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarrou. 14. In reality, the crusades resulted in all of the following EXCEPT A) Shift in power from popes to kings. B) Cultural diffusion and communication between east and west. C) Gradual shift in power and wealth to Western Europe. D) Peace in Afro-Eurasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peace in Afro-Eurasia. 15. Which institution held the most power during the Medieval Times? A) The Serfs. B) The King. C) The Emperor. D) The Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Church. 16. The misconception of the idea that cats were blamed for the plague comes from a letter written by which pope? A) Pope Gregory IX. B) Pope Francis. C) Pope Jon Bon Jovi. D) Pope Benedict XVI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pope Gregory IX. 17. Unusually large number of insects and animals infesting a place and causing damage. A) Plague. B) Exigency. C) Populace. D) Red and red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plague. 18. Which of these were NOT a cause of the plague A) The alignment of the planets. B) War. C) Poor Sanitation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The alignment of the planets. 19. Another name for a disease or disaster that God sent to show the Egyptians his power. A) Test. B) Plague. C) Magic trick. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plague. 20. In 1346, the Mongols attacked this city in Italy A) Genoa. B) Venice. C) Naples. D) Homage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homage. 21. Who is the central doctor we come to know working towards healing those with the plague? A) Tarrou. B) Rieux. C) Rambert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rieux. 22. If one side of a square is 10 inches long, what is the length of all the sides together? perimeter? A) 40 inches. B) 14 inches. C) 20 inches. D) 10 inches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 40 inches. 23. What was the estimated impact of the Plague of Justinian on Europe's population? A) It increased by 10%. B) It remained the same. C) It decreased by about 25%. D) It wiped out about half. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It wiped out about half. 24. Which continent has not experienced a plague outbreak? A) Europe. B) Asia. C) Africa. D) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antarctica. 25. What would Plague doctors place in the beaks of their masks to prevent catching the Plague? A) Antibiotics. B) Strong-smelling spices and herbs. C) Cotton balls. D) Clean dirt and soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strong-smelling spices and herbs. 26. He is the Creator of all and is the most powerful. A) Moses. B) Pharaoh. C) God. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) God. 27. The technical purpose of the Crusades was to ..... A) Recover Jerusalem. B) Destroy Constantinople. C) Spread the plague. D) Increase cultural diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recover Jerusalem. 28. The bubonic plague affected economic development in medieval times by 1. encouraging the introduction of new types of crops 2. causing production to decline and prices to rise 3. sparking the ideas of socialism and reform4. destroying the guild system A) 1. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 29. What is the name for a country-wide or global outbreak of a sickness? A) Epidemic. B) Pandemic. C) Mandemic. D) Fandemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pandemic. 30. The people living in a particular country or area A) Populace. B) Ostentatious. C) Promenade. D) Plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Populace. 31. Did the plagues affect where Israelite lives ..... A) Yes. B) No. C) Not sure. D) May be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 32. The Fourth Plague A) Famine. B) Ants. C) Bees. D) Flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flies. 33. #2-What happened to the fish in the Nile? A) They died. B) They swam out to the Mediterranean sea. C) They all jumped out of the Nile into the surrounding ponds. D) They devoured each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They died. 34. Which type of Black Death plague caused the most devestation in England? A) Bubonic. B) Septicemic. C) Pneumonic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bubonic. 35. What happened to most people who were infected with the plague? A) Nothing because they got a vaccine for the disease. B) Their hair fell out, but then they got better. C) All of their skin turned black, but then they got better. D) They got covered in swollen blisters (buboes) and mostly died. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They got covered in swollen blisters (buboes) and mostly died. 36. Which sentence uses the word "infectious" correctly? A) The infectious system was not working today. B) The infectious became infected earlier today. C) The infectious dinner was not good. D) Covid is a new type of infectious disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covid is a new type of infectious disease. 37. Which pandemic was spread via trade routes such as the Silk Road? A) The Black Plague. B) The Black Death. C) The Bubonic Plague. D) These are all the same disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) These are all the same disease. 38. How many plagues did God send to Egypt? A) 10. B) 5. C) 8. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 39. What carried the plague? A) Rats. B) Oriental Rat Fleas. C) Dogs. D) Mice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oriental Rat Fleas. 40. Which sentence uses the word "microbe" correctly? A) Microbes will be arriving tomorrow. B) The tiny microbes were growing on the surface. C) The microbic creatures were quite large. D) The microbes quickly got in line and came inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tiny microbes were growing on the surface. 41. Who didn't need to share his/her loaf of bread with anyone? A) Maria. B) Nonna. C) Paolo. D) Joseph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maria. 42. Who felt useless because she/he wasn't on her/his farm? A) Nonna. B) Maria. C) Paolo. D) Joseph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maria. 43. Which of the following best explains why the Black Death spread so quickly throughout Europe? A) Doctors ran out of antibiotics for the plague. B) Doctors were too sick themselves to help others suffering. C) Doctors had little knowledge of how to cure the disease. D) Doctors ran out of vaccinations for the plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doctors had little knowledge of how to cure the disease. 44. Which statement about the bubonic plague in the 14th century is most accurate? 1. Improved sanitation systems eliminated the threat of the plague. 2. Advances in medicine halted the spread of the plague. 3. Trade between Europe and Asia stopped just before the plague began. 4. The death toll from the plague led to labor shortages. A) 3. B) 1. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 45. What caused the plague? A) Dogs and cats. B) Fleas on rats from Asia. C) Bats from China. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fleas on rats from Asia. 46. Which method was NOT mentioned as a cure for the Black Death? A) Using antibiotics. B) Bloodletting. C) Taking a bath in vinegar. D) Burning special plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using antibiotics. 47. The Israel ran out of food, what food did God send in the evening? A) Carrots. B) Quail. C) Manna. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quail. 48. Over half of the people in Europe died of the Black Death. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Which group got blamed for the plague in some areas of Europe? A) Muslims. B) Jews. C) Catholics. D) Christians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jews. 50. The Egyptian could not see the ..... , ..... or ..... A) Moon cloud orstar. B) Cloud, star or moon. C) Light, darkness or star. D) Sun, moon or star. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun, moon or star. 51. The holy wars declared by Pope Urban II against all enemies of the Catholic Church A) The Black Plague. B) The Byzantine Empire. C) The Crusades. D) The Holy Roman Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Crusades. 52. Who helped Moses to speak to Pharaoh? A) Aaron. B) Miriam. C) Zipporah. D) Reuel/Jethro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aaron. 53. What makes so many animals sick and die? A) They had the plague. B) Flood. C) Volcanic eruption. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had the plague. 54. How does plague mainly spread? A) By airborne transmission. B) Through insects. C) Through contaminated water. D) Direct contact with infected individuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through insects. 55. A paved public walk A) Ostentatious. B) Promenade. C) Populace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Promenade. 56. What year did the plague start? A) 1965. B) 1346. C) 1267. D) 1964. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1346. 57. Which sentence uses the word "symptoms" correctly? A) The symptoms of happiness are hard to detect. B) I will get some symptoms at the store later today. C) The symptoms of a cold include sore throats, aches, and tiredness. D) My symptoms will be picked up later today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The symptoms of a cold include sore throats, aches, and tiredness. 58. What was the symbol of the Crusaders? A) A black snake. B) A yellow lion. C) A blue sword. D) A red cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A red cross. 59. What was one of the first indications of the plague in the community? A) Rats exhibiting odd behavior. B) People leaving town en masse. C) Birds falling from the sky. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rats exhibiting odd behavior. 60. The Sixth Plague A) Rash. B) Fever. C) Boils. D) Sunburns. 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