English

Delaney Salazar

8 November, 11:45

PART A: Which of the following statements best describes a central idea of the text?

A

In the early 1500s, a strange illness caused many townspeople to experience muscle spasms that made them look like they were dancing.

B

In the early 1500s, a group of townspeople began dancing for no apparent reason and, even more troubling, they could not stop.

C

Only until very recently, the Dancing Plague of 1518 was considered a myth, one with very little evidence to support its existence.

D

In medieval France, it was customary for dancing festivals to last days, even weeks, often leading to exhaustion and occasionally death.