Correct. The answer is c. The statute began by noting that “a great part of the people and especially of the workmen and servants” had died of the plague.

Correct. The answer is b. Starting with the assumption that pre-plague wages were fair, the statute sought to fix wages at that level.

Correct. The answer is b. The statute claimed that such persons were unemployed because they preferred to “beg in idleness.”

Incorrect. The answer is b. The statute claimed that such persons were unemployed because they preferred to “beg in idleness.”