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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 was the occupation of a man named Mr. Brooks who reopened his shop on October 31 and died of yellow fever on November 3?
(a) Cabinetmaker.
(b) Apothecary.
(c) Silversmith.
(d) Blacksmith.

2. When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia?
(a) November 20.
(b) November 1.
(c) November 15.
(d) November 10.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, about how many persons were ill with the fever?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 7,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. How many physicians from the College of Physicians showed up when Matthew Clarkson called a meeting?
(a) 48.
(b) 25.
(c) 34.
(d) 16.

5. During the plague, how many days might it take for a letter to be sent to or from Philadelphia?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 3-6 days.
(c) 10-14 days.
(d) 17 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bleedings did the Free African Society perform?

2. In Chapter 6 in a letter to his wife, how many patients did Dr. Rush say that he was learning had died every morning?

3. When did President Washington leave Mount Vernon and head north?

4. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?

5. Where did Thomas Jefferson and George Washington meet as they traveled toward Philadelphia?

(see the answer key)

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