PLPA 2003 CORRECT EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Popery - ✔✔which act allowed land inheritance to be equally divided among all sons
unless the eldest converted to Protestantism
✔✔Prime Minister Peel - ✔✔who tried to feed the starving Irish with corn meal but did
little to offset the famine due to few milling places
✔✔Mycotoxin - ✔✔fungal derived toxin
✔✔Ergot - ✔✔fungus that infects grasses/sedges, replaces developing grain with
sclerotia, contains toxic alkaloids, favors cold winters, cool moist late spring for
germination and infection
✔✔Tollund Man - ✔✔ergot dates back to the 4th century in Denmark where this person
had sclerotia in his gut
✔✔Rye - ✔✔widely used in Medieval Europe, tolerates poorer soils and colder climates
than wheat
✔✔Ergotism - ✔✔causes gangrenous symptoms, vasoconstriction, compulsive
symptoms, can also suppress fertility, caused miscarriages and passes to infant in
breast milk
✔✔St. Anthony's Fire - ✔✔disease first described in 857, burning sensation, gangrene,
group of monks treated the disease, changed diet of patients
✔✔Witchcraft - ✔✔those infected with Ergot were often tied to this and executed
✔✔Medieval Dancing Mania - ✔✔occurred during the 14th-17th centuries,
uncontrollable movement, ergot influence?
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Popery - ✔✔which act allowed land inheritance to be equally divided among all sons
unless the eldest converted to Protestantism
✔✔Prime Minister Peel - ✔✔who tried to feed the starving Irish with corn meal but did
little to offset the famine due to few milling places
✔✔Mycotoxin - ✔✔fungal derived toxin
✔✔Ergot - ✔✔fungus that infects grasses/sedges, replaces developing grain with
sclerotia, contains toxic alkaloids, favors cold winters, cool moist late spring for
germination and infection
✔✔Tollund Man - ✔✔ergot dates back to the 4th century in Denmark where this person
had sclerotia in his gut
✔✔Rye - ✔✔widely used in Medieval Europe, tolerates poorer soils and colder climates
than wheat
✔✔Ergotism - ✔✔causes gangrenous symptoms, vasoconstriction, compulsive
symptoms, can also suppress fertility, caused miscarriages and passes to infant in
breast milk
✔✔St. Anthony's Fire - ✔✔disease first described in 857, burning sensation, gangrene,
group of monks treated the disease, changed diet of patients
✔✔Witchcraft - ✔✔those infected with Ergot were often tied to this and executed
✔✔Medieval Dancing Mania - ✔✔occurred during the 14th-17th centuries,
uncontrollable movement, ergot influence?
