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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: All Was Not Right.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When had Dr. Rush seen a similar sickness before?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1784.
(c) 1762.
(d) 1771.

4. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?
(a) 33,000.
(b) 51,000.
(c) 48,000.
(d) 72,000.

5. What day of the week did Catherine LeMaigre die?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a savage storm hit the city bringing winds and torrents of rain?

2. What did physicians call the tiny reddish sores that erupted on individuals who had the plague?

3. How did Louis XVI die?

4. How long had medical professionals believed that disease was caused by body humors being out of balance?

5. In what boarding house did a sailor die of a fever?

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