Black Death

Question 1

List the three types of Plague

Answer 1

bubonic, septicemic, or pneumonic

Question 2

True of False: Bubonic is the most severe type of plague.

Answer 2

False, septicemic is most severe

Question 3

What type of plague is the “Black Death” named for?

Answer 3

Septicemic

Question 4

What type of plague was the most common?

Answer 4

Bubonic

Question 5

In what year did the Plague begin in Europe?

Answer 5

1347

Question 6

What form of the Plague was airborne?

Answer 6

Pneumonic

Question 7

True of False: Music during the time of the Plague was mostly happy with hopeful lyrics

Answer 7

False, it was centered on death, destruction, and depression

Question 8

True of False: Art created during the Plague centered on the theme of death and despair

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True of False: Bubonic plague was transmitted via direct contact with fleas

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True of False: Septicemic plague was transmitted via direct contact with fleas.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Who was the Papacy during the time of the Black Death?

Clement IV, Clement VI, Benedict XI, Benedict XII

Answer 11

Pope Clement VI

Question 12

Why did the Black Death spread so rapidly and kill so many Europeans?

Answer 12

During the Middle Ages, European cities were ideal centers for the disease. They were filthy, with poor sanitation. Even the wealthy lived in cramped quarters and had limited personal hygiene. Although rural populations suffered as well, the death toll in the cities was catastrophic.

Question 13

What caused the “Black Death” which ravaged Europe in the mid-1300s?

Answer 13

The Plague was a bacteria carried into Europe by fleas that lived on black rats. The Black Death, as the plague was called, killed at least a third of Europe’s population.