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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the largest city in North America in 1793?
(a) Charlestown.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

2. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?
(a) Amherst.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Trenton.

3. What was the name of the doctor who had studied yellow fever, but never seen it?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(b) Dr. Samuel Griffitts.
(c) Dr. Benjamin Duffield.
(d) Dr. William Currie.

4. How many people died in two houses on the same street during one week?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. Where did federal department heads move their offices?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Mercersburg.
(c) Germantown.
(d) Milbourne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many died on September 8?

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

3. How often would Catherine LeMaigre vomit?

4. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?

5. How many shops were in Philadelphia in 1793?

(see the answer key)

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