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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 year was a French watercolor done to show a yellow fever victim in the early stages of the illness?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1751.

2. Where did federal department heads move their offices?
(a) Germantown.
(b) Milbourne.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Mercersburg.

3. A few days before being called to care for Catherine LeMaigre, which doctor had lost his daughter to the same fever?
(a) Dr. Wyatt.
(b) Dr. Hodge.
(c) Dr. Foulke.
(d) Dr. Rush.

4. How often would Catherine LeMaigre vomit?
(a) Every 15 minutes.
(b) About every 30 minutes.
(c) Every couple hours.
(d) Every 10 minutes or so.

5. How many humors did physicians believe there were in the human body?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Matthew Clarkson become mayor of Philadelphia?

2. Where was the militia company stationed that shot off a cannon in Chapter 4?

3. What did doctors give Catherine LeMaigre to cool her fever?

4. How many Guardians were in charge of caring for the poor who did not live in the city almshouse?

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

(see the answer key)

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