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Question 1
Which bacterium caused the Black Death in 14th-century Europe?
Rat fleas transmit Yersinia pestis; a flea bite delivers the bacteria into a human's bloodstream.
Question 2
Where on the body did the Black Death's painful buboes typically swell?
Buboes are swollen lymph nodes; flea bites on the legs made groin swellings the most common.
Question 3
How did the Black Death's labor shortage change the fortunes of surviving peasants?
With millions of workers dead, lords competed for scarce labor and peasants bargained for higher pay.
Question 4
Which Italian author opened his Decameron with a portrait of the Black Death in Florence?
Boccaccio wrote the Decameron, in which ten Florentines flee the plague and trade stories.