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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Quiz

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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Quiz

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1)

Where did John Bill Ricketts take his circus for the summer? (from Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation)

Georgia.
Rhode Island.
Salem.
Manhattan.
2)

When was the Quarantine Hospital set on fire? (from Chapter Eleven: A Modern-Day Time Bomb)

August 8, 1858.
September 1, 1858.
October 14, 1858.
November 12, 1858.
3)

What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 5? (from Chapter Five: It Was Our Duty)

September 5.
August 31.
September 12.
August 18.
4)

Where did federal department heads move their offices? (from Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation)

Mercersburg.
Hamburg.
Milbourne.
Germantown.
5)

Where did Jones and Allen discover a house where the mother was dead, the father was dying, and the children were huddled together, frightened and hungry? (from Chapter Five: It Was Our Duty)

Main St.
Water St.
Emsley's Alley.
Beckett's Allley.
6)

Whose letter did Dr. Rush find in his old medical books about the yellow plagues that had occurred in Virginia about fifty years earlier? (from Chapter Six: The Prince of Bleeders)

Byant Whitcomb.
John Mitchell.
Davis Miller.
Charles Neece.
7)

In the 1700s, how many times did yellow fever epidemics strike Manhattan and the surrounding towns? (from Chapter Eleven: A Modern-Day Time Bomb)

5.
31.
24.
13.
8)

Where was Dr. Carlos Finlay from? (from Chapter Eleven: A Modern-Day Time Bomb)

Dominican Republic.
France.
Cuba.
Spain.
9)

What Revolutionary War hero wrote begging Dr. Rush for his help during the 1797 yellow fever epidemic? (from Chapter Six: The Prince of Bleeders)

Crispus Attucks.
Adam Monroe.
Haym Solomon.
Thaddeus Kosciusko.
10)

When was the Free African Society founded? (from Chapter Five: It Was Our Duty)

1772.
1764.
1787.
1759.
11)

How many times did it rain in September, 1793? (from Chapter Eight: this Unmerciful Enemy)

3.
4.
2.
1.
12)

How many patients did Dr. Rush's five assistants each see in one day after Dr. Rush's recovery? (from Chapter Six: The Prince of Bleeders)

30.
35.
25.
40.
13)

How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church? (from Chapter Five: It Was Our Duty)

$4,000.
$3,000.
$4,500.
$3,500.
14)

When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia? (from Chapter Nine: A Delicate Situation)

November 10.
November 20.
November 15.
November 1.
15)

When did George and Martha Washington leave Philadelphia? (from Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation)

September 21.
August 23.
September 30.
September 10.
16)

What type of church did Reverend Mr. Helmuth pastor? (from Chapter Eight: this Unmerciful Enemy)

Lutheran.
Episcopal.
Methodist.
Quaker.
17)

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? (from Chapter Nine: A Delicate Situation)

Silversmith.
Cabinetmaker.
Apothecary.
Blacksmith.
18)

For how many days did Peter Helm and Stephen Girard attend to Bush HIll? (from Chapter Seven: By Twelve Only)

70 days.
40 days.
60 days.
50 days.
19)

How much did a jury award Dr. Rush including court costs when he sued Cobbett for libel? (from Chapter Ten: Improvements and the Public Gratitude)

$12,000.
$8,000.
$10,000.
$23,000.
20)

When was it first considered that mosquitoes might cause yellow fever? (from Chapter Eleven: A Modern-Day Time Bomb)

1865.
1848.
1898.
1904.
21)

In the 1700s, what was often prescribed to break a slight fever? (from Chapter Six: The Prince of Bleeders)

Milk.
Lemonade.
Brandy.
Herb tea.
22)

How many bundles of shirts and dresses for orphans were sent by the Widow Grubb? (from Chapter Seven: By Twelve Only)

18.
14.
12.
16.
23)

When did Dr. Rush hire a horse-drawn carriage and begin visiting patients after his bout with yellow fever? (from Chapter Six: The Prince of Bleeders)

September 25.
September 23.
September 19.
September 21.
24)

Of what type of church was Reverend John Schmidt a pastor? (from Chapter Eight: this Unmerciful Enemy)

Episcopal.
Methodist.
Lutheran.
Presbyterian.
25)

What was the name of the second-year medical student who volunteered to help at Bush Hill? (from Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation)

Charles Caldwell.
Mason Davidson.
Isaac Hayes.
Edward Franklin.
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