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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. When did Clarkson ask the physicians from the College of Physicians to come to a meeting about the plague?
(a) August 28.
(b) August 14.
(c) August 25.
(d) August 19.

2. How many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 35,000.

3. How many died from yellow fever on Saturday, October 12?
(a) 124.
(b) 111.
(c) 89.
(d) 62.

4. How old was the servant boy that Dr. Rush trained to open a vein and see the sick?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

5. Besides the mayor, how many members were on the illegal special committee formed to run Philadelphia?
(a) 15.
(b) 26.
(c) 34.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia?

2. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?

3. Where was the mansion located that was commandeered for a place to care for seriously ill patients?

4. By September 17, how many burials were taking place daily?

5. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?

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