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Question 1:
This 1755 disaster was widely believed to be Gods wrath. After this disaster, the Inquisition came down even harder on the non-believers. In Spain and Portugal non-Catholics were forced to baptize, in England and Sweden official days of fasting were proclaimed. Voltaire mentioned this disaster in his Novel Candide.
A. The Lisbon Earthquake
B. The Black Plague
C. The fall of Constantinople
D. Famine due to poor harvests

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