Use the following excerpt from Boccaccio's The Decameron to answer the following question: "In the year of our Lord 1348, there happened at Florence, the finest city in all Italy a most
terrible plague; which, whether owing to the influence of the planets, or that it was sent from
God as a just punishment for our sins, had broken out some years before in the Levant
(Middle East) and, after passing from place to place, and making incredible havoc all the way,
had now reached the west..."
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How does Boccaccio let you know that he recognized that the plague spread widely from
one location to another? (5 points)
He states that people did not avoid the sick.
He states that it caused reckless behavior.
He states that it spread from the Middle East.
O He states that it was caused by rats.