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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten: Improvements and the Public Gratitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years had doctors been using bloodletting or phlebotomy?
(a) About 1,000.
(b) More than 2,500.
(c) Nearly 3,500.
(d) Over 3,000.

2. When did the Black Plague strike in England?
(a) 1664.
(b) 1549.
(c) 1721.
(d) 1438.

3. How many times a day would Dr. Rush administer the Ten-and-Ten or Ten-and-Fifteen Treatment?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

5. Which member of the special committee was in charge of providing food for the city?
(a) Henry Deforest.
(b) Israel Israel.
(c) Samuel Benge.
(d) James Sharswood.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dr. Hodge, where did the first deaths from the fever happen?

2. When did the fever reappear in Philadelphia?

3. How many rooms were there in Bush Hill?

4. When Rush contracted yellow fever again, how many days did he spend confined to bed unable to lift his head?

5. When did Dr. Rush hire a horse-drawn carriage and begin visiting patients after his bout with yellow fever?

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