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Unit 4

Kaffa, Janibeg launched the Plague-infested corpses of his dead men into the city. The Italians quickly dumped these bodies back into the sea, but the damage was done. Due to the squalid conditions forced upon Kaffa by the siege, it was ripe for the quick extinction of the Plague. Hoping to escape the quickly spreading disease, four Genoese ships, 20 thought to be unpolluted, departed from Kaffa. They sailed home to Italy.

18. “Its” (line 4) refers to -

(1) the “Black Death” (2) India (3) the population of Hopei (4) the northeastern Chinese province

19. According to the second paragraph -

(1) Venetian forces collaborated with the Genoese army in Kaffa (2) the Tartar forces of Kipchak Khan Janibeg brought the Plague to Kaffa in 1346 (3) Kaffa was one of the cornerstones of Europe's defense against Eastern attack (4) Kaffa was under siege, but managed to keep supplies coming in

20. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that -

(1) the Genoese were Italians (2) Janibeg's army won the war (3) Kaffa was not contaminated by the disease (4) Janibeg launched boulders and fireballs into Kaffa

21. The phrase “but the damage was done” (line 18) means that -

(1) Janibeg managed to bring the plague inside Kaffa (2) Janibeg succeeded in throwing boulders and fireballs over the walls of Kaffa

(3) The Italians did not dump all the bodies back into the sea (4) the Italians’ opponents began to die off at an alarming rate

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