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THE GREAT PLAGUE OF LONDON

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the Great Plague of London, 1665, London lost roughly ___ of its population.

a)

15%

b)

10%

c)

50%

2.

_______ carried the fleas that caused the plague.

a)

Mosquitoes

b)

Rats

c)

Travellers

3.

Those who could, including most doctors, lawyers and merchants, _____ .

a)

gave assistance to the contaminated people

b)

helped others

c)

fled the city

4.

While 68,596 deaths were recorded in the city of London, the true number was probably _____ .

a)

over 1000,000

b)

over 100,000

c)

over 500,000

5.

There are three types of plague. Most of the sick in 1665-1666 had ______.

a)

dengue fever

b)

bubonic plague

c)

Spanish fever

6.

This created swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes found in

a)

the armpits

b)

the groin

c)

the neck

d)

all of them

7.

Bacteria are ____ .

a)

cause infections by entering and multiplying inside the host's healthy cells

b)

single cells that can survive on their own, inside or outside the body

8.

Viruses ____ .

a)

are single cells that can survive on their own, inside or outside the body

b)

cause infections by entering and multiplying inside the host's healthy cells

9.

This type of plague spread from ______ .

a)

a bite caused by a black cat flea that carried the Yersinia Pestis bacteria.

b)

a bite caused by a black rat flea that carried the Yersinia Enterocolitica bacteria.

c)

a bite caused by a black rat flea that carried the Yersinia Pestis bacteria.

10.

Which was one of the government measures to put an end to the plague?

a)

Watchmen locked and kept guard over infected houses.

b)

Parish officials provided food and basic necessities to the quarantined families.

c)

Searchers looked for dead bodies and took them at night to plague pits for burial.

d)

All of them are correct.