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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: A Delicate Situation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Martha.
(d) Patience.

2. How many bleedings did the Free African Society perform?
(a) 600.
(b) Over 800.
(c) About 500.
(d) 750.

3. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Dead dogs.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Dead cats.

4. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Inquirer.
(b) The Federal Gazette.
(c) Daily News.
(d) City Paper.

5. What was the occupation of a man named Mr. Brooks who reopened his shop on October 31 and died of yellow fever on November 3?
(a) Silversmith.
(b) Apothecary.
(c) Cabinetmaker.
(d) Blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Matthew Clarkson become mayor of Philadelphia?

2. How many pounds of blood did Dr. Rush and other doctors at that time believe that the human body held?

3. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?

4. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?

5. How many of his children did Charles Willson Peale shut inside his museum-residence along with himself and his wife?

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