Question

Based on the passage, Gabriele de' Mussi was most likely:

"Alas! our ships enter the port, but of a thousand sailors hardly ten are spared. We reach our homes; our kindred and our neighbours come from all parts to visit us. Woe to us for we cast at them the darts of death! Whilst we spoke to them, whilst they embraced us and kissed us, we scattered the poison from our lips. Going back to their homes, they in turn soon infected their whole families, who in three days succumbed, and were buried in one common grave. Priests and doctors visiting the sick returned from their duties ill, and soon were numbered with the dead. O death! cruel, bitter, impious death! which thus breaks the bonds of affection and divides father and mother, brother and sister, son and wife. Lamenting our misery, we feared to fly, yet we dared not remain."1

—Gabriele de' Mussi, 1348

A.
a doctor who developed treatments for diseases.
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B.
an explorer who discovered a new territory.
C.
a historian who researched past pandemics.
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D.
a survivor of a deadly disease outbreak.

Answer 1

Leading towards D

Step-by-step explanation:

In this example he was a survivor, however, sailors were also returning and spread the virus. So it could be "B" as well.

Unfortunately, his account is probably fictitious so I can't be 100% sure. Although it was formerly believed that de Mussis had been present in Kaffa and travelled in a disease-laden ship to Piacenza, it has been determined that he probably never left home.