Question

"The Black Death, 1348" In paragraph 6, what does moderate mean?

Answer 1

The correct answer is option letter E. Taken from “The Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer (1387), the paragraph 6 is within the section called “GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO, THE DECAMERON (1353)”. This section is about stories that narrators tell about their journey to flee from the Black Death. Option letter E is the correct one, since a moderate way of living is reasonable and not extreme. In the very first line, the word “moderate” recalls this meaning, as the narrators thought about having a reasonable and less extreme way of living and avoiding all superfluity in order to escape from the epidemic. In fact, in the following lines the narrators tell how to perform that reasonable way of living. For instance, forming small communities, avoiding all excess, and shutting themselves up in houses. Options letter A, B, C and D do not match the correct meaning of the word “moderate” in this sentence.