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

2. What was the name of one of the rivers that was drying up near Philadelphia?
(a) Lehigh.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Susquehanna.
(d) Allegheny.

3. In what boarding house did a sailor die of a fever?
(a) Richard Denny's.
(b) Sarah Smythe's.
(c) William Wright's.
(d) Maggie MacPherson's.

4. How old was Benjamin Rush in 1793?
(a) 47.
(b) 39.
(c) 54.
(d) 61.

5. What type of church did Rev. J. Henry C. Helmuth pastor?
(a) Congregational.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Episcopal.
(d) Lutheran.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Catherine LeMaigre when she became ill?

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

3. How many humors did physicians believe there were in the human body?

4. How many people lived in Philadelphia in 1793?

5. Who lent his house to George and Martha Washington?

(see the answer key)

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