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

2. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?
(a) James.
(b) William.
(c) Peter.
(d) Gerard.

3. What eye condition did Matthew Clarkson have?
(a) Amblyopia.
(b) Cataracts.
(c) Blepharitis.
(d) Strabismus.

4. 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) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

5. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 4 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By the time Dr. Rush contracted yellow fever, how many doctors had died?

3. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?

4. Whose letter did Dr. Rush find in his old medical books about the yellow plagues that had occurred in Virginia about fifty years earlier?

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

(see the answer key)

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