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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. When did Clarkson ask the physicians from the College of Physicians to come to a meeting about the plague?
(a) August 25.
(b) August 28.
(c) August 14.
(d) August 19.

2. Where was the city almshouse located?
(a) Spruce St.
(b) Ashton St.
(c) Main St.
(d) Water St.

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

5. How many people do historians estimate fled from Philadelphia during the fever?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a sailor died in a boarding house, who was the next person to die?

2. What was the name of Clarkson's son who died during the plague?

3. How did Louis XVI die?

4. How many rooms were there in Bush Hill?

5. Who was the governor of Pennsylvania in 1793?

(see the answer key)

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