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

This Study Guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of An American Plague.

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

This Study Guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of An American Plague.

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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

2.

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

3.

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)

4.

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)

5.

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

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