The Great Plague Questions

When did the Great Plague begin

• fall of 1665

• winter of 1666

• summer of 1665

• spring of 1669

the Great Plague lasted from

• 1665 until 1666

• 1664 until 1678

• 1665 until 1667

• 1665 until 1660

According to the Great Plague, what was very different than they are today?

• medicine and health

• health and hygiene

• water and soap

• medicine and doctors

What was the cause of the plague?

• dogs

• fleas

• rats

• air

How did the plague spread?

• when rats came on the ship and got off.

• when farm animals start getting sick.

• when fleas bit people the infected them.

• when towns and villages became dirty.

What did people do to spread the the Great Plague even more?

• when people had blisters.

• when people had headaches and pain.

• when people had a cold or fever.

• when people sneezed and cough.

What happened if someone from a family got the plague?

• whole house was closed and no one was allowed to leave, or enter in.

• people had to stay away from the rest of the family.

• Whole house had to be burned down.

• people had to leave the country.

What was marked on the front door of houses so that people knew that they has the plague?

• red blood

• red cross

• red arrow

• red circle

How many people died from the Great Plague in London by the end of 1665?

• 100,000

• 10,000

• 10 million

• 20,000

around Autumn 1666, what killed off many rats and bacteria?

• rainy weather

• summer weather

• cold weather

• hot climate