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The Great Plague of London

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Great Plague hit London in (a)  

2.

What was London like?

a)

dirty and crowded

b)

clean but very crowded

c)

safe and modern

3.

Where did the plague come from?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

America

4.

What was a symptom (tünet) of the plague?

a)

red eyes

b)

fever

c)

hunger

d)

it had no symptoms

5.

How long were the sick people closed in their homes?

a)

for fourteen days

b)

for a month

c)

for forty days

d)

until they were healthy again

6.

What was painted on the sick people's door?

a)

a skull

b)

a red cross

c)

a red circle

d)

a skeleton

7.

What caused the plague?

a)

Dogs and cats

b)

Fleas on rats from Asia.

c)

Bats from China.

8.

The disease spread quickly because

a)

a lot of people travelled abroad.

b)

rats were quick

c)

towns were very dirty.

9.

The plague never returned to London, because

a)

cats and dogs killed all the rats.

b)

a fire burnt down the old city.

c)

doctors discovered new medicine.

10.

'An infectious disease which spreads widely, sometimes across different countries' is what?

a)

Epidemic

b)

Contagious

c)

Bubonic

d)

Pneumonic