By the Time It Subsided, the Black Death Had Killed

question 59

Multiple Choice

By the time it subsided, the Black Death had killed

• A) one out of three western Europeans.
• B) huge numbers of people in Asia, but only a small fraction in Europe.
• C) only people in Europe south of the Danube River.
• D) one out of twenty western Europeans.
• E) a negligible number of western Europeans.

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