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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 bleedings did the Free African Society perform?
(a) 600.
(b) Over 800.
(c) 750.
(d) About 500.

2. Who was the governor of Maryland in 1793?
(a) Thomas Sim Lee.
(b) John David Smythe.
(c) Bryan Andrews.
(d) Matthew Vining.

3. After Dr. Rush seemed to be cured of yellow fever, how many patients sought him in a day?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

4. What was Charles Willson Peale's wife's name?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Patience.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Martha.

5. What did A.B., a contributor to "Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser," find in rainwater barrels?
(a) Dead cats.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Dead dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many weeks did Henry Knox spend in quarantine?

2. On what day did the death toll fall below thirty?

3. How old was the servant boy that Dr. Rush trained to open a vein and see the sick?

4. When did George Washington make a personal inspection of Philadelphia?

5. How old was Matthew Clarkson when the plague struck Philadelphia?

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