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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four: Confusion, Distress, and Utter Desolation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the second-year medical student who volunteered to help at Bush Hill?
(a) Edward Franklin.
(b) Mason Davidson.
(c) Charles Caldwell.
(d) Isaac Hayes.

2. What was the largest city in North America in 1793?
(a) New York.
(b) Charlestown.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Trenton.

3. What were the sewers called in Philadelphia?
(a) Sinks.
(b) Cesspools.
(c) Trenches.
(d) Canals.

4. How many watchmen were supposed to watch the streets of Philadelphia at night?
(a) 16.
(b) 41.
(c) 23.
(d) 37.

5. In what part of the state house building were the rooms of Joseph Fry, the doorkeeper who died from the fever?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Louis XVI die?

2. How many humors did physicians believe there were in the human body?

3. How many people who contracted yellow fever usually died from it?

4. Who was the speaker of the Senate in 1793?

5. Where was Dr. Rush's wife that summer of 1793?

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