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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. What ship was seized by one of Genet's hired privateers?
(a) Alpha.
(b) Boyne.
(c) Roehampton.
(d) Adventure.

2. When did Dr. Rush realize that he had yellow fever?
(a) September 12.
(b) September 18.
(c) September 14.
(d) September 21.

3. On October 17, which committee member wrote in the official minutes that the fever was winning?
(a) Matthew Carey.
(b) John Bordley.
(c) Caleb Lownes.
(d) David Bryan.

4. What was Catherine LeMaigre's husband's name?
(a) William.
(b) Peter.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Andrew.

5. Who wrote a letter asking the Free African Society to nurse the sick and attend to the dead?
(a) Matthew Clarkson.
(b) Benjamin Rush.
(c) Absalom Jones.
(d) Richard Allen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had President Washington put in charge when he left Philadelphia?

2. How long did George Washington plan to be gone from Philadelphia when he left the city?

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

4. Where did Dr. Rush apply to become a member of the medical faculty?

5. How much money did the black leaders attempt to raise in order to build a new church?

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