ISEE Reading Question 228: Answer and Explanation

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3. One possible reason the Black Plague is particularly interesting to those who study diseases is that

  • A. its limitation to China and India allows for greater scientific understanding of its causes.
  • B. the name Black Death evokes both the color of the symptoms and the horror of the disease.
  • C. its repeated recurrence for several hundred years makes it a particularly devastating plague.
  • D. the bacteria that caused it and the mode of transmission remain present today in many areas.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

C

The passage states, "But it is the Black Plague that continues to fascinate historians of disease, perhaps because after its first wave in the 1300s, it reappeared from time to time all the way through the 1700s."

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