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1.Why was the mortality rate of doctors the highest of all, according to Thucydides?
Nobody could explain why the rate was so high.
Only doctors appeared to get sick.
They came into contact with the sick more frequently.
Their immune systems were not as strong.


2.From where does Thucydides claim the plague originated?
Athens
Sparta
Libya
Ethiopia


3.How long did it usually take for a person with the plague to die?
seven or eight days
ten days to two weeks
two or three days
one or two months


4.What does Thucydides say was the most terrible aspect of the plague?
the maintaining of law and social order
the despair into which those infected fell
the disposal of the bodies of the victims
the animals that ate human flesh

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