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Question 1

Why did European Jews suffer less from the Black Plague?
 
  A) They received help from Christian doctors.
  B) They immediately killed those who became infected.
  C) They applied more sophisticated medical techniques.
  D) They used special prayers.
  E) They had better hygiene practices.

Question 2

Most Spanish missionaries believed that even though Indians had consented to baptism, it was unrealistic to expect them to live completely according to Catholic notions of morality.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 3

Medieval medical science sought to limit the spread of Black Plague through which method?
 
  A) adopting sanitation practices to make urban centers smell better
  B) rounding up the old and weak and throwing them in the river
  C) poisoning the weak and burning their bodies outside of the towns
  D) appealing to the clergy to make sermons urging good hygiene
  E) asking the monarchs to use the army to remove infected bodies from the towns

Question 4

A witchcraft panic overtook Salem when
 
  A) a group of adolescent girls began having fits under the influence of an evil hand.
  B) the town mysteriously caught fire and there was no evident cause.
  C) a group of women were caught practicing witchcraft by the local minister.
  D) a mysterious illness affected the town, causing numerous deaths.
  E) local native groups had sent word that the villagers would soon be afflicted by misfortunes if settlers did not return land recently taken from Indians.

Question 5

What was a method used to counteract the Black Plague during the Middle Ages?
 
  A) a spinal tap
  B) leeches
  C) a pocket full of posies
  D) a batch of curry
  E) dog fur



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Answer 1

E

Answer 2

FALSE

Answer 3

A

Answer 4

A

Answer 5

C





 

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