Question

What is the central idea of this paragraph?

A.Physicians could not do much for victims of the plague.
B.Physicians were afraid to come near patients with symtoms.
C.Symptoms of the plague included headaches and delirium.
D.Symptoms were treated with dragon water or theriac.

Answer 1

A because the other options are details and not main ideas

Answer 2

A. They just prescribe medicine that will barely help the plague sufferers. The doctors were afraid to come near the patients, so there wasn't much done for the victims.