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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 decorated houses where people were sick from the yellow fever?
(a) Tiny red flags.
(b) A notice from the city.
(c) A skull and crossbones.
(d) Small blue stars.

2. How many French refugees fled a fierce slave rebellion?
(a) 579.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 712.
(d) 2,100.

3. Who was the governor of Pennsylvania in 1793?
(a) Snyder.
(b) Findlay.
(c) McKean.
(d) Mifflin.

4. What illness was seen in January of 1793?
(a) Measles.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Mumps.

5. After Dr. Rush's assistants bled him and administered the purge, how many days did it take for him to get back on his feet?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?

2. When was a portrait of Absalom Jones painted by Raphaelle?

3. How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church?

4. How often had the College of Physicians promised to meet during the plague?

5. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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