Quiz for Viewpoints 14.2: Italian and English Views of the Plague

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Correct: The answer is a. As Boccaccio told it, when the plague hit, those who could flee the city did so, and “almost no one cared for his neighbor, and relatives hardly ever visited one another.”
Incorrect: The answer is a. As Boccaccio told it, when the plague hit, those who could flee the city did so, and “almost no one cared for his neighbor, and relatives hardly ever visited one another.”
1. Boccaccio’s account of the plague provides evidence of which of the following?

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Correct: The answer is c. When the church graveyards were full, the Florentines dug trenches and buried the dead in mass graves.
Incorrect: The answer is c. When the church graveyards were full, the Florentines dug trenches and buried the dead in mass graves.
2. According to Boccaccio, how did the Florentines deal with the mounting number of dead?

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Correct: The answer is c. As Henry Knighton noted, as the number of dead mounted, the living demanded greater payment for their services.
Incorrect: The answer is c. As Henry Knighton noted, as the number of dead mounted, the living demanded greater payment for their services.
3. Henry Knighton’s account of the plague provides evidence of which of the following?

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Correct: The answer is d. Knighton used words such as “arrogant,” “greedy,” and “hostile” to describe the refusal of the workers to relax their demands for higher pay in defiance of the law.
Incorrect: The answer is d. Knighton used words such as “arrogant,” “greedy,” and “hostile” to describe the refusal of the workers to relax their demands for higher pay in defiance of the law.
4. According to Henry Knighton, how did England’s workers respond to the king’s effort to enforce work and labor laws?