Mark the statement if it correctly describes an effect of the plague on Europe.

a. Feudalism remained strong after the plague ended.

b. Scholars took an interest in medicine and the sciences.

c. Most people gave up working the land and moved to towns.

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "b. Scholars took an interest in medicine and the sciences." It is the statement that correctly describes an effect of the plague on Europe. The Black Death did set the stage for more modern medicine and spurred changes in public health and hospital management.

What happened following the plague in Europe was that scholars took an interest in medicine and the sciences - scholars were increasingly interested in the effects that the plague had, how it worked (and why it worked). This lead to some major discoveries at the time.