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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. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. How many children did Clarkson have?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

3. What was the name of the newspaper that was printed at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Inquirer.
(b) The Federal Gazette.
(c) Daily News.
(d) City Paper.

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

5. When was the last time that there was a yellow fever epidemic?
(a) 1784.
(b) 1719.
(c) 1762.
(d) 1684,

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had President Washington put in charge when he left Philadelphia?

2. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, about how many persons were ill with the fever?

4. In the 1700s, what was often prescribed to break a slight fever?

5. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?

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