Black Death Part 2

The Black Death Part 2

Multiple Select

Which two animals were used in the "Vicary Method"

• Snake

• Cow

• Chicken

• Pig

Multiple Select

What was the purpose of carrying bouquets of flowers during the plague? (Select 2)

• To fumigate lungs

• For decoration

• To ward off the smell of decomposing bodies

• To attract insects that were thought to help reduce symptoms

Multiple Choice

What was the primary purpose of bloodletting in medieval medicine?

• To increase blood flow

• To remove "bad" blood.

• To balance the bodies temperature

Multiple Choice

Which method of bloodletting was considered more expensive and preferred?

• Cupping (heating up cups and placing them over the buboes)

• Making incisions with a knife

• Using leeches

• Increasing body temperature to make blood boil

Poll

Which cure did you find the most interesting?

• Vicary Method

• Fumigation

• Sitting near sewer/fire

• Bloodletting/ Cupping

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements would best capture the central idea of this text?

• Because Europeans did not understand the true cause of the plague, they had many un-effective cures.

• Medieval Europeans would try and drain the blood out of victims of the plague. 

• The plague was caused by fleas on rats that carried dangerous bacteria.

• People believed that Satan was the cause of the Black Death. 

Multiple Choice

Which sentence below best support the following conclusion:

People in Medieval Europe were very superstitious.

(Superstitious means believing in things that are not possible or not scientific)

• "Bloodletting was a popular remedy for all kinds of illnesses and was well established by the medieval period."

• "The Black Death is the 19th-century CE term for the plague that ravaged Europe between 1347-1352 CE..."

• "Clearing the air was considered another effective remedy."

• "People from that time period believed the plague was caused by supernatural causes such as the wrath of God, the work of the devil or the alignment of the planets. "