Imagine that you could use a time machine to travel back to the thirteenth century. You see groups of people in a village jumping, dancing, and having convulsions in the town square. All over Europe, you find similar groups of raving people. You would have witnessed the ____.
A) phenomenon called trephining
B) mass madness called St. Vitus's Dance
C) phenomenon called lycanthropy
D) mass madness called mesmerism

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The correct answer is B) mass madness called St. Vitus's Dance. This refers to a phenomenon where groups of people danced uncontrollably, often described in historical accounts as being affected by mass hysteria or a mass psychogenic illness.

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