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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight: this Unmerciful Enemy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the average yearly income in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) $100.
(b) $300.
(c) $400.
(d) $200.

2. What cargo did the sloop Amelia bring to Philadelphia?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Beef.
(d) Lamb.

3. How old was Israel Israel at the time of the plague?
(a) 34.
(b) 51.
(c) 29.
(d) 47.

4. How many families did Jones and Allen visit in one day?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

5. How much did the citizens of Manhattan send to aid Philadelphians?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $6,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $600.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decorated houses where people were sick from the yellow fever?

2. In what part of the state house building were the rooms of Joseph Fry, the doorkeeper who died from the fever?

3. Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer?

4. Where did federal department heads move their offices?

5. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?

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