Video exercise. The Plague Doctor

Watch the video and answer the questions below. Some are multiple-choice and others are open questions for which you need to write an answer. Do your answers on paper.

1. How many people were killed in Italy in the 1650's?

A. 20,000 – 40,000 people

B. 200,000 – 400,000 people

C. 2 million – 4 million

2. What did people at that time think caused the plague?

3. Is the bubonic plague a virus or bacteria?

4. What other type of uniform was the plague doctor’s costume based on?

5. What did the monk notice about plague doctors?

A. They didn’t seem to catch the plague as much as other people.

B. They seemed to catch it as much as the rest of the population.

C. They seemed to catch it more than the rest of the population.

6. What important detail did the monk write in his diary about the plague doctors (but not consider important)?

A. The fact that the doctors wore boots.

B. The fact that the doctors weren’t affected by fleas.

C. The fact that they looked terrifying.