
When a plague takes over the world, do you have the necessary knowledge, common sense, survival skills and capability to increase your chances of survival in such a pandemic? Had you taken this quiz before 2020, things might have been a lot different. We have all learned much lately about how to respond in times of an epidemic, plague, and virus-related situation. What we've learned has changed the game for future pandemics and also changed the game for future quizzes such as this one.
This quiz will run you through various scenarios that you might encounter during a disease outbreak. The decisions you make will help determine if you actually would survive or not. To find out just how well you would do then answer the questions as honestly as you can, and we will let you know your fate. There will be many obstacles on your path to survival here, so don't be too surprised if you don't do as well as you expect to.
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Rumors of an infectious disease taking hold in a town have started to circulate. What is your general attitude toward such rumors?

Do not alter my routine until I hear something concrete
Cautiously start avoiding people and make sure I wash my hands
Stay inside and board up my home
They are just rumors, ignore them
People in your town are starting to get sick. How do you respond?

Help people as much as I can
Follow medical experts' advice and try to avoid people
Immediately flee the town and don't look back
Do not change my actions at all
Medical professionals are beginning to become overwhelmed with the number of sick patients in your town. How do you respond?

Flee the town and don't look back
Travel to different towns looking for more doctors and nurses to help
Stay at home and don't come out
Volunteer to help doctors and nurses tend to patients
Government officials and people in hazmat suits have quarantined your town, preventing anyone from leaving. How do you handle the situation?

Follow the advice of medical professionals in the town
Stock up on supplies and stay in
Exchange conspiracy theories with my neighbors
Attempt to escape the quarantined zone
Someone in town is marketing an oil derived from snakes that they say will cure anyone who has contracted the virus. How do you respond to this person?

Purchase the snake oil but still remain cautious
Do not listen to this person at all
Purchase the snake oil and believe myself to be immune
Report them to various social media platforms for spreading false information
The first wave of the plague has started to subside. Case counts are going down. How do you handle the situation?

Follow the advice of medical professionals
Try to escape the quarantine zone
Go back to normal life
Continue staying in and don't let anyone near me
You see a news report that your local hospital is running out of medical supplies to treat the sick. How do you handle the situation?

Do not believe the news report, it's all fake news
Volunteer to safely help doctors and nurses as best you can
Do not leave home
Escape the quarantine zone and try to get hold of medical supplies
Your neighbors are asking everyone to wear "plague masks" for when they need to leave their homes. How do you respond to this?

Do not wear a plague mask and be a jerk to people who do
That's an infringement of my freedom!
Respect neighbors' wishes and desire to feel safe
Wear a plague mask even though I'd prefer not to
Someone you share a home with has come down with the illness. How do you respond?

Separate areas of the home so that I can stay distant from the person
Take some of that snake oil and believe myself to be immune
Help the person as best I can while keeping a safe distance
Never leave that person's side
Even though your town has been quarantined, your friends really want you to attend their gender-reveal party. No plague masks are allowed but snake oil will be given to attendees. How do you handle the situation?

Attend the party and pretend everything's normal
Do not attend, and promise myself to make better friends in the future
Do not attend
Bring fireworks to help with the gender-reveal celebrations
Medical experts have developed a vaccine for the virus. So long as 70-80% of people in your town get the vaccine, the plague should be over. How do you handle the situation?

Don't trust the medical experts and don't get the vaccine
Get the vaccine because it will help protect other people
Trust YouTube videos on the vaccine rather than what medical experts say
Get the vaccine because it will help protect me
Since you haven't been able to work, you are running out of money and supplies. The only available job is for a company called "Rainforest". It is believed the company is not doing a great job at preventing the spread of the virus, however. How do you handle the situation?

Start working in the "Rainforest" factory
Attempt to unionize the workers at "Rainforest"
Raise concerns about the working conditions at "Rainforest"
Look for another company to work for
You've started to develop some symptoms related to the virus. How do you handle the situation?

See a doctor immediately
Quarantine myself, drink lots of water, and hope for the best
Rub some snake oil on my body
Continue my life as per normal
The plague has started to subside and life is going back to normal. Your town just opened a new market that sells only perishable foods like meat and fish. Would you purchase and consume foods from such a place?

No, definitely not
Only if the meat looks safe
Sure, why not? What is a zoonotic disease?
I'd move to a town that does not have such a market
You hear rumors that the newly-militarized World Health Organization will drop a nuclear bomb on your town to prevent the virus from spreading outside the quarantine zone. How do you handle the situation?

Take shelter underground
Attempt to escape the quarantine zone
Sit back and wait for the bomb
Do not listen to the rumors
24 Comments
You survived but just barely.
You did it! You survived! Just barely, but you did it.
You survived but just barely.
You did it! You survived! Just barely, but you did it.
You survived but just barely.
You did it! You survived! Just barely, but you did it.
there was no way I would trust the snake oil
Same. Lol! Never trust the snake oil… it is EVIL! It was probably a scam, too!
yeah, it probably was lol
You survived but just barely.
You did it! You survived! Just barely, but you did it
Same!
I tried to do this and do one where I live and one where I die.
The one where I attempt to die: You died almost immediately.
The one where I attempt to live: You live 100%!
I would of only just survived BUT I STILL WOULD HAVE DONE IT
You survived but just barely.
Well, survival is survival.😅
We learned about the plague recently. I think so far that was the topic I enjoyed most! Also, I got the same results!
Nothing like good old Pneumonic Plague…or Bubonic Plague…so many varieties to choose from.
Or was this The Black Death Plague?
The Bubonic, aka the Black Death. There are so many fun things to learn about it!
I survived 100% YASSSSSSS
Just barely survived.
Same
Same!!
You survived but just barely.
You did it! You survived! Just barely, but you did it.
Same!
Same!!
You did it! You survived! Just barely, but you did it.
Same!
i got the same
I also got that