Question

Which statement is an objective summary of the section "The Scots Heard That The Plague Was killing Their Enemy"?

(A) Because they believed God was attacking their English enemy, the Scots foolishly planned to invade
plague-stricken England.
(B) Because sickness attacked both animals and humans, some people believed that the English were
being punished by God.
Because sheep were also dying quickly where people had the plague, it should have been obvious that
they had it too.
(C)
(D)
Because the English and the Scots had been enemies for so long, they were able to overcome the
plague to fight each other.

Answer 1

Because sickness attacked both animals and humans, some people believed that the English were being punished by God.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The Black Death was the plague that struck Europe and Asia in 1300. It started with the sailors who went to sea. Most of the sailors died and they were covered with black boils that oozed blood and pus.

• Many Scots thought that the plague was sent to the British Isles by God to punish the transgression of the English.

• Half of the population died due to plague.

Answer 2

Because they believed God was attacking their English enemy, the Scots foolishly planned to invade plague-stricken England.

Answer: Option A.

Step-by-step explanation:

This excerpt and the section has been taken from "The black death". This was written in the year 1348. The main and major focus of this was on the enmity of the Scottish people with people of England who were English people.

When the people in England were being killed by the problem of plague, the Scots people thought that the God was punishing their enemy, who were the people in England and taking an advantage of this they thought of invading England.